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Scottish Reformation
- Lords of the CongregationIn December 1557, a group of Scottish nobles signed the First Band. This document bound them to work for a Protestant Scotland.
- Treaty of EdinburghFrench troops fortified the port and town of Leith against an English and Scottish Protestant force in 1560. Mary of Guise ruled Scotland with French…
- 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…
- Mary of GuiseMary of Guise stood tall by the standards of her time, reaching a height that made her memorable to those who met her. She was born at Bar-le-Duc in Lorraine…