1590s in Scotland

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This article lists events from the 1590s in Scotland .

Incumbents

Monarch of Scotland

• James VI (1567–1625)

Duke of Rothesay, Prince and Great Steward of Scotland, etc.

• Henry Frederick Stuart (1594–1612)

Events

1590

• Entry and coronation of Anne of Denmark. ^[1]
• The North Berwick witch trials begin. ^[2]

1592

• Margaret Vinstarr plans the escape of her lover John Wemyss of Logie from Dalkeith Palace. ^[3]

1594

• The christening of Prince Henry is celebrated at Stirling Castle with a tournament, a feast, and a masque. ^[4]

1597

• King James VI publishes his Daemonologie, detailing his reflections and studies on the matter of how to deal with witchcraft. ^[5]

1598

• William Schaw issues the first of the Schaw Statutes of masonry, the Second Statute following in 1599. ^[6]

References

1. Maureen M. Meikle, 'Anna Of Denmark’s Coronation And Entry Into Edinburgh', Sixteenth-Century Scotland: Essays in Honour of Michael Lynch (Brill, 2008), p. 290.
2. "A royal obsession with black magic started Europe's most brutal witch hunts". National Geographic. 17 October 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
3. Thomas Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot, vol. 2 (Odense, 1988), pp. 296-7.
4. Martin Wiggins & Catherine Richardson, British Drama 1533-1642: A Catalogue: 1590-1597, vol. 3 (Oxford, 2013), p. 247.
5. "King James IV and I's Demonology, 1597". The British Library. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
6. Stevenson, David (1988). The Origins of Freemasonry. Cambridge University Press. pp. 34–51. ISBN   9780521396547.