Groat of King James I of Scotland
21 February 1437: James I of #Scotland was assassinated. #History #JamesI
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Posts tagged #JamesI
DYK #CharlesII, a #bisexual rake like kings #JamesI & #JamesII, punished #sodomy but bragged about his #QueerSex partners? He said God wouldn’t punish him for “a little pleasure taken out of the way”. Ghosts of #HistSex still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com
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A suit of Samurai armour sent by Shogun Tokugawa Hidetada to Britain as a gift for James VI & I in 1613. Currently on display in @britishmuseum.bsky.social Samurai exhibition #samurai #jamesvi #jamesi #japan
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🚨 FESTIVAL SPECIAL🚨
The “frail king” myth doesn’t survive the sources. 💥
Gareth Russell sets the record straight on History Rage.
🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/37de0a
🎟 Catch Gareth at the Katharine of Aragon Festival: peterborough-cathedr...
#HistoryRage #JamesI #Debunked
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🚨 FESTIVAL SPECIAL🚨
Union of crowns ≠ union of countries. 👑
Gareth Russell explains the failure on History Rage.
🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/37de0a
🎟 See Gareth at the Katharine of Aragon Festival: peterborough-cathedr...
#HistoryRage #JamesI #UnionMyths
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🚨 FESTIVAL EXTRA🚨
Ideas have consequences. 📖🔥
Gareth Russell unpacks James I and the witch hunts on History Rage.
🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/37de0a
🎟 Catch Gareth at the Katharine of Aragon Festival: peterborough-cathedr...
#HistoryRage #Witchcraft #JamesI
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🚨 FESTIVAL SPECIAL🚨
James I wanted peace, not conquest. 👑🕊️
Gareth Russell breaks down the myth on History Rage.
🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/37de0a
🎟 See Gareth at the Katharine of Aragon Festival: peterborough-cathedr...
#HistoryRage #JamesI #KingOfPeace
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🚨 FESTIVAL SPECIAL🚨
James I chose peace while Europe chose war. 🕊️
Gareth Russell explains why on History Rage.
🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/37de0a
🎟 See Gareth live at the Katharine of Aragon Festival: peterborough-cathedr...
#HistoryRage #JamesI #PeaceNotWeakness ⚔️
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🚨 FESTIVAL SPECIAL🚨
The “frail, grotesque” James I? The sources disagree. 📜
Gareth Russell myth-busts it all on History Rage.
🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/37de0a
🎟 Catch Gareth at the Katharine of Aragon Festival: peterborough-cathedr...
#HistoryRage #JamesI #BadHistory 🧠
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🚨 KATHERINE OF ARAGON FESTIVAL 🚨
James I wasn’t irrelevant — history just got lazy. 🔥
Gareth Russell tears down the caricatures.
🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/37de0a
🎟 See Gareth live at the Katharine of Aragon Festival: peterborough-cathedr...
#HistoryRage #JamesI
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Mary Queen of Scots and her son James. They were not together for long...
#MaryQueenofScots
#jamesvi #motherhood #love
#jamesi
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Charles Blount 3yrs later Rich threw her & Blount’s 6 children out divorcing in 1605
Refused permission to marry & in breach of canon law they married resulting in disgraced banishment by #JamesI
Spending only months married, he died in April 1606, Penelope died in July 1607
#History
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#OTD
7th January 1619
Nicholas Hilliard, goldsmith & miniaturist, was buried at the parish church of St Martin-in-the-Fields, London.
www.instagram.com/p/DTMbMgyAbq...
#NicholasHilliard #goldsmith #miniaturist #QueenElizabethI #ElizabethI #KingJamesI #JamesI #Tudors #Stuarts #History
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Have written up some thoughts about Ben Jonson's play Sejanus, set during the reign of Emperor Tiberius. Rarely performed and time it was staged again. #17thcenturyliterature, #JamesVI, #JamesI, #Benjonson, aburntship.blogspot.com/2025/12/seja...
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Portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh
17 November 1603: The trial of Sir Walter #Raleigh for treason began in the Great Hall of Winchester Castle.
Raleigh was found guilty, but King James I spared his life. He would remain imprisoned in the Tower of London until 1616. #History #Stuart #JamesI
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A song for #5november
Thomas Campion's #lutesong, 'Bravely decked come forth bright day', celebrating the foiling of the #GunpowderPlot #otd 1605.
From Two Books of Ayres, 1613
#earlymusic #earlymodern #onthisday #onthisdayinhistory #guyfawkes #gunpowdertreasonandplot #jamesI #17thCentury
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DYK 17thC English rakes, including kings #CharlesII, #JamesI & #JamesII, bragged about #SameSex partners & the women in their lives? Charles said God wouldn’t punish him for “a little #pleasure taken out of the way”. Ghosts of #QueerHistory still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com
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#ElizabethI (d.1603) was proud to wash once a month, “whether I need it or not”. #JamesI only washed his fingers. French kings of the time, #HenriIV (d.1610) & his son #LouisXIII (d.1643) were equally unclean. As Louis said, “I take after my father, I smell of the armpits.”
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#OTD 20 Aug 1589
Anne of Denmark & #JamesVI of Scotland (later #JamesI of England) wed by proxy, then in person on 23 Nov
Not a happy marriage & only 3 of their 7 children survived infancy including
#CharlesI & Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia
Meet King James & his Court at Kiplin Hall on 30/31 Aug
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#OTD 29 July 1565
Widowed #MaryQueenofScots married her 2nd husband, #HenryStuart Lord Darnley at Holyrood Palace
The couple were both #MargaretTudor's grandchildren!
The marriage unpopular in Scotland infuriated their cousin #ElizabethI but did produce an heir #JamesVI / #JamesI
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…Reading like a political thriller, no one will ever look at the accession of James I in the same way again.
@tracyborman.bsky.social
#thestolencrown #stolencrown #elizabethi #jamesvi #jamesi #tudor #tudors #stuarts #stuart
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Just finished reading an advanced copy The Stolen Crown by @tracyborman.bsky.social Here are my comments:
In her deeply researched and thoughtful new book Tracy Borman takes readers deep into the politicking…
#thestolencrown #stolencrown #elizabethi #jamesvi #jamesi #tudor #tudors #stuarts #stuart
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I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be launching my new book at the Edinburgh Book Festival on 22 August. Tickets are now on sale! 🎉 @hodderbooks.bsky.social #elizabethi #jamesi #tudors #stuarts #edbookfest25
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#AdamdeColone (ca. 1572-1651)
Portrait of King #JamesVI of Scotland / King #JamesI of England (1566-1625), who was #BornOnThisDay
after 1622
National Galleries of Scotland
#Stuart
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#DanielMytens (ca .1590-1647)
Portrait of King #JamesVI of Scotland / King #JamesI of England (1566-1625), who was #BornOnThisDay
1621
National Portrait Gallery
#Stuart
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#PaulvanSomer (1576/8-1622)
Portrait of King #JamesVI of Scotland / King #JamesI of England (1566-1625), who was #BornOnThisDay
1618
Yale British Art
#Stuart
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Unknown Artist
Portrait of King #JamesVI of Scotland / King #JamesI of England (1566-1625), who was #BornOnThisDay
1614
Mauritshuis
#Stuart
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#NicholasHilliard (1547-1619)
Portrait of King #JamesVI of Scotland / King #JamesI of England (1566-1625), who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1609
National Galleries of Scotland
#Stuart
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#JohnDeCritz the Elder (ca. 1550-1642)
Portrait of King #JamesVI of Scotland / King #JamesI of England (1566-1625), who was #BornOnThisDay
1604
National Galleries of Scotland
#Stuart
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