Short answers, pulled from the story.
Scotland joined the Northern Renaissance trend in the late fifteenth century, extending into the early seventeenth century before giving way to Baroque styles. The movement reached its peak between the reigns of James IV and the deposition of Mary Queen of Scots in the first half of sixteenth century.
James IV organized famous tournaments like the Wild Knight in 1507 and the Black Lady in 1508 which evolved from practical military ethos into ornamental chivalric cults. He also completed extensive work on Linlithgow Palace while other palaces were rebuilt with Italianate proportions.
The Education Act of 1496 decreed that sons of barons and freeholders should attend grammar schools to learn perfect Latin. Perhaps 60 per cent of the nobility were literate by the end of the fifteenth century following these changes.
Linlithgow Palace was referred to as a palace from 1429 apparently the first use of this term in Scotland. James IV completed extensive work there while other palaces were rebuilt with Italianate proportions.
The University of St Andrews emerged in 1413, followed by Glasgow in 1450 and Aberdeen in 1495. Hector Boece returned from Paris to become first principal at Aberdeen in 1497.