On June 16th. commissioners arrived from England and France with powers to effect an arrangement between the contending parties.Continuing
Scot Protestants Ally With England
Knox, of whom it was said that he "put more life" into those who heard him "than five hundred trumpets . . . .Continuing Scotland's Presbyterian
Protestants Try to Depose Queen Regent
On July 10th. Henry II had been accidentally killed in a tournament; and Mary Stuart, the niece of the Guises, was now Queen of France.Continuing
Protestant’s Apparent Triumph
In point of fact, it was borne in on both parties that the struggle had but begun, and that the sword only could end it.Continuing Scotland's
Queen Regent Receives Protestant Demands
All through their contest with the Regent, the Protestant leaders took up the position that they were acting in strict accordance with the law of the
Scotland’s Presbyterian Reformation
This series has eight easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Queen Condemns Protestants.IntroductionJohn Knox may be second in
Troubles in Scotland
All these tribunals insulted and defied the authority of Westminster hall, and daily committed excesses which the most distinguished royalists have
Braveheart Executed
Today's installment concludes William Wallace, Braveheart,our selection from History of Scotland by Sir Walter Scott published in 1830.If you
The Battle of Falkirk
The slaughter and disgrace of the battle of Falkirk might have been repaired in other respects, but it cost the Scottish kingdom an irredeemable loss