(1) It suggests that Parliament itself had fallen for the antiquarian myth so carefully preserved and nurtured by the Stuarts .(2) Surprisingly, perhaps, although the Stuarts came to power in a peaceful manner, James's son Charles I was himself involved in a civil war.(3) By 1695, the English parliament had seized to itself an authority to influence financial policy to an extent unimaginable under the Stuarts .(4) I'm looking forward to the Tudors and Stewarts .(5) Her status meant that her journey through the realm newly acquired by the Stuarts occasioned considerable pomp and ceremony.(6) Bank of Scotland had a reputation for being a Jacobite bank, warm to the prospects of Stuarts back on the throne.(7) At such times he acted with all the calculation of a Stuart king in carefully arranging the time and location of a parliament to best suit his personal agenda.(8) This was crucial when there was a rival dynasty in the shape of the Stuarts , with u2018James IIIu2019 a claimant throughout both reigns.(9) The English crown was unwilling to enforce the privileges of towns and guilds after the political crisis over u2018monopoliesu2019 that peaked under the Stuarts .(10) Even under the Stuarts , when scholars were becoming wary of it, it was still celebrated by poets and playwrights.(11) Woodcuts of the Stuarts , male or female, tend not to appear on ballads that relate u2018realu2019 stories of action in ordinary homes or lives.(12) The moment had passed, however, and the exiled Stuarts now became no more than useful pawns in foreign hands.(13) King James I of England, among others, was a Stuart : of Scottish ancestry, and steward of the throne of Scotland.(14) From 1424, however, he could demonstrate the Stewart characteristics of energy, intellect, and impulsiveness.(15) The newcomers included both the Bruces and the Stewarts , who would play major roles in Scots history.(16) The remaining lands were sold by Elizabeth I and the early Stuarts .