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16th-century Scottish male writers

  • James VI and IJames Charles Stuart was born on the 19th of June 1566 at Edinburgh Castle. He became King of Scotland at the age of thirteen months after his mother, Mary…
  • Alexander AlesOn the 17th of May 1528, a Lutheran pastor named Patrick Hamilton stood before a fire in St Andrews. He was about to be burned alive for his religious…
  • John KnoxJohn Knox was born sometime between 1505 and 1515 in Giffordgate, a street in Haddington, East Lothian. His father William Knox worked as a merchant while…