James IV has been acclaimed by historians as the first true Renaissance king of Scotland. Under his rule, James patronised the arts and sciences and Scotland flourished as a result. It was during ...

During the 16th century there were occasional calls for union between England and Scotland. Some believed that the marriage ...

A collection of over 30 gold and silver English and Scottish coins from throughout the 1400s were discovered near the ...

The life and rule of James III followed a similar pattern to that ... the focus of attention of rival factions vying to control Scotland. After assuming personal control of Scotland in 1468 ...

John Read of the University of St. Andrews gave an account of alchemy in Scotland. James IV of Scotland appointed an Italian, John Damian, as his court alchemist, a laboratory being founded in ...

They include King James V's very own Crown of Scotland from 1540, as well as the Scepter which James IV is thought to have received from Pope Alexander VI in 1494. Instead of James IV's sword ...

When William Dunbar and Walter Kennedy performed a ‘flyting’ for James IV and his court, they turned the air blue What offends people changes over time. Today’s re-runs of 20th-century ...

daughter of James V of Scotland, sole heir and great granddaughter of Henry VII, King of England, through his elder daughter Margaret, (who was joined in marriage to James IV of Scotland): great-great ...

Scotland's History Articles James IV, King of Scots 1488 – 1513 James was involved in the 1488 rebellion that saw his father, James III, killed at the Battle of Sauchieburn. As a 15 year old boy ...

Scotland's History Articles James III, King of Scots 1460 – 1488 The life and rule of James III followed a similar pattern to that of his father. After the death of James II in 1460 the nine ...