Miles Kerr-Peterson was recently awarded a PhD in history at the University of Glasgow, his thesis being a study of the life and lordship of George Keith, fourth Earl Marischal. His research focuses on early modern Scottish noble and academic cultures. Steven J. Reid is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Glasgow. His previous publications include Humanism and Calvinism: Andrew Melville and the Universities of Scotland, c.1560-c.1625 (2011).

• IntroductionMiles Kerr-Peterson James VI and James Douglas, Earl of MortonAmy Blakeway Of Bairns and Bearded Men: James VI and the Ruthven RaidSteven J. Reid Friendship, Politics and Religion: George Gordon, Sixth Earl of Huntly and King James VI, 1581-1595Ruth Grant James VI, Noble Power and the burgh of Glasgow, c. 1580-1605Paul Goatman He "made them friends in his cabinet": James VI’s suppression of the Scott-Ker feudAnna Groundwater Noble Power in the West Highlands and Isles: James VI and the End of the Mercenary Trade with Ireland, 1594-6Ross Crawford Rise of a Courtier: the second Duke of Lennox and strategies of Noble Power under James VIAdrienne McLaughlin ‘For the King Favours Them Very Strangely’: The Rise of James VI’s Chamber, 1580-1603Amy L. Juhala The OctaviansJulian Goodare The Gowrie Conspiracy: do we need to wait until the Day of Judgement?Jenny Wormald

Shedding new light on both familiar and neglected episodes and issues from James’s Scottish reign, this wide-ranging collection considerably enhances our understanding of later sixteenth-century Scottish politics, and of the personality of the first ruler of Scotland, England, Wales and Ireland.Alan MacDonald, University of Dundee, UK

Miles Kerr-Peterson was recently awarded a PhD in history at the University of Glasgow, his thesis being a study of the life and lordship of George Keith, fourth Earl Marischal. His research focuses on early modern Scottish noble and academic cultures. Steven J. Reid is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Glasgow. His previous publications include Humanism and Calvinism: Andrew Melville and the Universities of Scotland, c.1560-c.1625 (2011).

• IntroductionMiles Kerr-Peterson James VI and James Douglas, Earl of MortonAmy Blakeway Of Bairns and Bearded Men: James VI and the Ruthven RaidSteven J. Reid Friendship, Politics and Religion: George Gordon, Sixth Earl of Huntly and King James VI, 1581-1595Ruth Grant James VI, Noble Power and the burgh of Glasgow, c. 1580-1605Paul Goatman He "made them friends in his cabinet": James VI’s suppression of the Scott-Ker feudAnna Groundwater Noble Power in the West Highlands and Isles: James VI and the End of the Mercenary Trade with Ireland, 1594-6Ross Crawford Rise of a Courtier: the second Duke of Lennox and strategies of Noble Power under James VIAdrienne McLaughlin ‘For the King Favours Them Very Strangely’: The Rise of James VI’s Chamber, 1580-1603Amy L. Juhala The OctaviansJulian Goodare The Gowrie Conspiracy: do we need to wait until the Day of Judgement?Jenny Wormald

Shedding new light on both familiar and neglected episodes and issues from James’s Scottish reign, this wide-ranging collection considerably enhances our understanding of later sixteenth-century Scottish politics, and of the personality of the first ruler of Scotland, England, Wales and Ireland.Alan MacDonald, University of Dundee, UK

Miles Kerr-Peterson was recently awarded a PhD in history at the University of Glasgow, his thesis being a study of the life and lordship of George Keith, fourth Earl Marischal. His research focuses on early modern Scottish noble and academic cultures. Steven J. Reid is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Glasgow. His previous publications include Humanism and Calvinism: Andrew Melville and the Universities of Scotland, c.1560-c.1625 (2011).

• IntroductionMiles Kerr-Peterson James VI and James Douglas, Earl of MortonAmy Blakeway Of Bairns and Bearded Men: James VI and the Ruthven RaidSteven J. Reid Friendship, Politics and Religion: George Gordon, Sixth Earl of Huntly and King James VI, 1581-1595Ruth Grant James VI, Noble Power and the burgh of Glasgow, c. 1580-1605Paul Goatman He "made them friends in his cabinet": James VI’s suppression of the Scott-Ker feudAnna Groundwater Noble Power in the West Highlands and Isles: James VI and the End of the Mercenary Trade with Ireland, 1594-6Ross Crawford Rise of a Courtier: the second Duke of Lennox and strategies of Noble Power under James VIAdrienne McLaughlin ‘For the King Favours Them Very Strangely’: The Rise of James VI’s Chamber, 1580-1603Amy L. Juhala The OctaviansJulian Goodare The Gowrie Conspiracy: do we need to wait until the Day of Judgement?Jenny Wormald

Shedding new light on both familiar and neglected episodes and issues from James’s Scottish reign, this wide-ranging collection considerably enhances our understanding of later sixteenth-century Scottish politics, and of the personality of the first ruler of Scotland, England, Wales and Ireland.Alan MacDonald, University of Dundee, UK