James, an insecure young king, found himself swept up in ... An engraving showing King James VI of Scotland and his queen, Anne of Denmark. They married in 1589. Anne left Copenhagen for Edinburgh ...

In March 1603, Elizabeth died and James became king of England and Ireland in a remarkably smooth transition of power. After 1603 he only visited Scotland once, in 1617. One of James's great ...

The first treatise dates from 1569, when Queen Elizabeth and the Protestant Princes of Germany tried to form an alliance against Catholic powers, the second from 1588, when Denmark was adjusting to a ...