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#LunchtimeReading : starting The Sun Rising by Prof Anna Whitelock.
Confused our poor Bloomsbury Books rep when he told us they had a new book about James I, and I asked which, Jimmy I, or Jimmy VI & I? 😋
#books #livres #AmReading #History #Histoire #ScottishHistory #BritishHistory #JamesI #JamesVI #StewartDynasty #bookstodon
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Then having tane ane dry and wethered strae
In deip despair, and in ane lofty rage
She sprang up heigh, outfleing every fae
Syne to Panchaeia came, to change her age
Upon Appollo's altar...(Then having taken a dry and withered staw / In deep despair and in a lofty rage / She sprang up high, outflying every foe / Soon to Panchaea came, to change her age / Upon Apollo's alter...)
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Lucy Worsley Investigates, Series 1: 1. The Witch Hunts:
#Witches #WitchHunt #Scotland #TV #JamesVI #AgnesSampson #NorthBerwick
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0bvhk3w
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Berwick_witch_trials
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_Sampson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daemonologie -
#OTD 1566 in the royal chapel at Stirling Castle, the baptism of the son of Mary, Queen of Scots, Charles James Stuart took place. Within a year, Mary was forced to abdicate in his favour. He ruled as James VI of Scotland & later as later James I of England. http://bit.ly/1rtwOCT #stuarts #stewarts #jamesvi&i #maryqueenofscots #stirlingcastle
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#OTD 1566 in the royal chapel at Stirling Castle, the baptism of the son of Mary, Queen of Scots, Charles James Stuart took place. Within a year, Mary was forced to abdicate in his favour. He ruled as James VI of Scotland & later as later James I of England. http://bit.ly/1rtwOCT #stuarts #stewarts #jamesvi&i #maryqueenofscots #stirlingcastle
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How does a 17th-century King of Scotland and England celebrate his jubilee tour? With great difficulty... Dr Paul Hunneyball reflects on how complicated and expensive it was for James VI and I to travel across both countries for his celebrations🎉👇
https://thehistoryofparliament.wordpress.com/2022/06/02/the-jubilee-tour-of-king-james-vi-and-i/