muses on the double inheritance of authority and liberty that the King James Bible has given him and people like him. He was brought up in the strict way of Scottish Presbyterianism. "Everything ...

The first known letter written by King James VI of Scotland - penned when he was no more than seven years old - is to go on ...

In 1542 war between the two countries broke after James snubbed the English king by refusing to meet Henry in person at York. Henry invaded Scotland. A series of military defeats at the hands of ...

These fears were further inflamed by the Trier Witch Trials in Germany, which resulted in hundreds of people being executed as witches. James, an insecure young king, found himself swept up in ...