Lords in the Light

The House of Lords, often in the shadow of the Commons, asserted its power during the reigns of James I and his son, Charles I. But it would be eclipsed by civil war. 

James I seated in the House of Lords, with Prince Charles, Elizabeth,  Queen of Bohemia and the Duke of Buckingham, from Vox Regis by Thomas Scott, c.1624.
James I seated in the House of Lords, with Prince Charles, Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia and the Duke of Buckingham (detail), from Vox Regis by Thomas Scott, c.1624 © Bridgeman Images.

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