Quote Originally Posted by enyapj18 View Post
You could always mention that the King James Bible commissioned by the Hampton Court Conference of 1604, was named after King James I of England, who was also James VI of Scotland. Even though King James probably never wore a kilt (a fact you don’t have to mention) you could mention that the Royal Stuart Tartan is a quite lovely tartan with a lot of red.

I should also mention I haven’t had a European History course since 1993 so I please correct me if I'm wrong.

John
Absolutely right. James was also a very interesting character - born to Mary, Queen of Scots, separated from her at birth, brought up by (very) fundamentalist Protestant scholars, he didn't do much to stop his mother from being executed by Queen Elizabeth I of England - if he had, he wouldn't have inherited the throne of England some years later!

He was also bisexual, obsessed by a hatred of witchcraft, smoking and Catholics, and wrote against these extensively: his commissioning of the English translation of the Bible that bears his name is probably the greatest literary and cultural act that he did.

Interesting chap, though.....