1590s in Scotland
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This article lists events from the 1590s in Scotland.
Incumbents
[edit]- James VI (1567–1625)
Duke of Rothesay, Prince and Great Steward of Scotland, etc.
- Henry Frederick Stuart (1594–1612)
Events
[edit]1590
[edit]1592
[edit]- Margaret Vinstarr plans the escape of her lover John Wemyss of Logie from Dalkeith Palace.[3]
1594
[edit]- The christening of Prince Henry is celebrated at Stirling Castle with a tournament, a feast, and a masque.[4]
1597
[edit]- King James VI publishes his Daemonologie, detailing his reflections and studies on the matter of how to deal with witchcraft.[5]
1598
[edit]- William Schaw issues the first of the Schaw Statutes of masonry, the Second Statute following in 1599.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Maureen M. Meikle, 'Anna Of Denmark’s Coronation And Entry Into Edinburgh', Sixteenth-Century Scotland: Essays in Honour of Michael Lynch (Brill, 2008), p. 290.
- ^ "A royal obsession with black magic started Europe's most brutal witch hunts". National Geographic. 17 October 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ Thomas Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot, vol. 2 (Odense, 1988), pp. 296-7.
- ^ Martin Wiggins & Catherine Richardson, British Drama 1533-1642: A Catalogue: 1590-1597, vol. 3 (Oxford, 2013), p. 247.
- ^ "King James IV and I's Demonology, 1597". The British Library. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
- ^ Stevenson, David (1988). The Origins of Freemasonry. Cambridge University Press. pp. 34–51. ISBN 9780521396547.
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