Internationally synonymous with Scottish identity, Robert Burns is Scotland’s national bard, a status he has achieved through his popularity since his death in 1796. He wrote some of the country’s ...
On July 24, 1567, one of the most dramatic chapters in Scottish history unfolded when Mary, Queen of Scots, was compelled to give up her throne. The decision brought an abrupt end to one of the most ...
In 16th-century Europe, there were two queens who lived in the same era but never once met face-to-face in their entire lives.Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, and Elizabeth I, Queen of England. Both were ...
PERTH, Scotland — While eating dinner on Feb. 7, 1587, Mary, Queen of Scots, was told her two decades in prison for alleged treason were finally over — but not in a good way. Her head would be chopped ...