He expected his nephew, James V of Scotland, to follow suit, but James did not. When Henry scheduled a meeting with James in northern England in 1542, James blew it off. This breakdown in ...

After the death of James IV at the disastrous Battle of Flodden in 1513 Scotland once again had an infant Stewart king on the throne. And once again the regency years provided factional unrest and ...

In 1542 Scotland had a population of approximately one million people. Over half the population lived in the countryside in fermtouns (farm towns) and paid rent to a local landowner. There was ...

Already ill with fever, James' health deteriorated. On the 14th December he died. His infant daughter, Mary, became Queen of Scots. Video: A history of Scotland: Project Britain.

After James’ death Mary ruled Scotland on behalf of her infant daughter, Mary Queen of Scots. Video: In Search of Scotland: Court and Kirk.

When Lutheran books in Latin started to appear in Scotland, the radical message which they carried quickly made a strong impression on many Scots, and, although King James V tried to ban their ...

First broadcast in 1957. Mary was born in December 1542 in Linlithgow Palace, the only child of James V of Scotland and his French wife, Mary of Guise. When she was six days old her father died ...

The plan backfired disastrously as the boat was intercepted by the English and James, future monarch of Scotland ... Henry IV (and later Henry V). During this absence the Scottish court was ...

On his escape in 1583, James acted decisively. Ruthven was executed and James brought the Church of Scotland under his firm control. The key chapter of his reign involved two women - his mother ...

He expected his nephew, James V of Scotland, to follow suit, but James did not. When Henry scheduled a meeting with James in northern England in 1542, James blew it off. This breakdown in ...

Mary, Queen of Scots was born in 1542, daughter of King James V of Scotland and Mary of Guise. Her father died just a week after her birth. A fervent Roman Catholic and a claimant to the English Crown ...