The Star-Chamber: An Historical Romance, Volume 1


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A romance with the backdrop of the notorious Star Chamber of the English legal system. The Chamber began as purely administrative, but gradually took on more of a judicial role, enforcing the monarch's will when the courts could or would not do so. As the mix of fact and fiction unfolds in this tale, the court is beginning to lose favor during the reign of James I as the church once again increased its power, while Parliament's power decreased as the monarch tried to rule without them. - Summary by Lynne Thompson (7 hr 10 min)

Chapitres

The Three Cranes in the Vintry. 18:53 Lu par Lynne T
Sir Giles Mompesson and his Partner. 14:01 Lu par OliverBoliver
The French Ordinary. 12:22 Lu par OliverBoliver
A Star-Chamber victim. 9:41 Lu par OliverBoliver
Jocelyn Mounchensey. 8:49 Lu par OliverBoliver
Provocation. 9:14 Lu par OliverBoliver
How Lord Roos obtained Sir Francis Mitchell's signature. 7:35 Lu par OliverBoliver
Of Lupo Vulp, Captain Bludder, Clement Lanyere, and Sir Giles's other Myrmidons. 9:17 Lu par OliverBoliver
The Letters-Patent. 26:37 Lu par OliverBoliver
The 'prentices and their leader. 10:24 Lu par OliverBoliver
John Wolfe. 10:40 Lu par OliverBoliver
The Arrest and the Rescue. 17:49 Lu par OliverBoliver
How Jocelyn Mounchensey encountered a masked horseman on Stamford Hill. 21:11 Lu par OliverBoliver
The May-Queen and the Puritan's Daughter. 20:31 Lu par OliverBoliver
Hugh Calveley. 6:56 Lu par OliverBoliver
Of the sign given by the Puritan to the Assemblage. 10:58 Lu par OliverBoliver
A rash promise. 9:25 Lu par OliverBoliver
How the promise was cancelled. 11:43 Lu par OliverBoliver
Theobalds' Palace. 27:02 Lu par OliverBoliver
King James the First. 19:25 Lu par OliverBoliver
Consequences of the Puritan's warning. 18:10 Lu par OliverBoliver
Wife and Mother-in-Law. 18:23 Lu par OliverBoliver
The Tress of Hair. 19:51 Lu par OliverBoliver
The Fountain Court. 5:59 Lu par OliverBoliver
Sir Thomas Lake. 15:49 Lu par Roohi
The forged Confession. 20:15 Lu par Roohi
The Puritan's Prison. 11:42 Lu par Bill Mosley
The Secret. 13:44 Lu par Bill Mosley
Luke Hatton. 23:35 Lu par Asia Wilcox