1590s in Scotland explained

1590s

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]

Notes and 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. Web site: A royal obsession with black magic started Europe's most brutal witch hunts . National Geographic . 23 November 2020 . en-gb . 17 October 2019.
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. Web site: King James IV and I’s Demonology, 1597. The British Library. 14 October 2017. en.
6. Book: Stevenson, David. The Origins of Freemasonry. 1988. Cambridge University Press. 9780521396547. 34–51.