The False Scots Urchin and his Dearest Sister: James, Elizabeth and Factional Politics in Scotland, 1583-1584’

Suggested preparatory reading:
Julian Goodare and Michael Lynch, ‘James VI: Universal King?’, in eidem, eds, The Reign of James VI (2000), 1-31; Steven J. Reid, ‘Of Bairns and Bearded Men: James VI and the Ruthven Raid’, in Miles Kerr-Peterson and Steven J. Reid, eds, James VI and Noble Power in Scotland, c. 1578-1603 (Routledge, 2017), 32-56.