The Reign of James VI.

Goodare, Julian and Michael Lynch, eds. The Reign offames VI.

East Linton: Tuckwell Press, 2000. xii + 34 b/w pls. + 289 pp. index. [pound]16.99. ISBN: 1-86232-095-0.

Ten scholars shed light on the politics and government of James VI's enigmatic reign through diverse analyses of the royal court and its literature, architecture, and ceremony; noble factionalism; relations between Scotland and England; relations between church and state; and relations between government and various localities. James himself is analyzed as "literary author, correspondent, husband and 'universal king."' A chronology and an annotated "further reading" section are included. Essays include: Julian Goodare and Michael Lynch, "James VI: universal king?"; Julian Goodare, "Scottish politics in the reign of James VI"; Roderick J. Lyall, "James VI and the sixteenth-century cultural crisis"; Michael Lynch, "Court ceremony and ritual during the personal reign of James VI"; Ruth Grant, "The Brig o'Dee Affair, the sixth earl of Huntly and the politics of the Counter-Reformation"; Julian Goodare, "James VI's English subsidy"; Maureen M. Meikle, "A meddlesome princess: Anna of Denmark and Scottish court pol itics, 1589-1603"; Grant G. Simpson, "The personal letters of Janes VI: a short commentary"; Aonghus Mackechnie, "James VI's architects and their architecture"; Alan R. Macdonald, "James VI and the general assembly, 1586-1618"; Julian Goodare and Michael Lynch, "The Scottish state and its borderlands, 1567-1625"; Michael Lynch, "James VI and the 'Highland problem"'; Sharon Adams, "James VI and the politics of south-west Scotland, 1603-1625"; Jenny Wormald, "'Tis true I am a cradle king': the view from the throne."