Scotland was once a world leader in education, thanks in large part to the Church of Scotland and the vision of Scottish ...

John Knox gave the Protestant cause greater direction in Scotland. Knox sailed into Leith from France on the 2 May 1559. He immediately travelled north, preaching in Dundee and at St John’s Kirk ...

John Knox on the other hand was born into a relatively ... forced Mary's abdication in favour of her infant son, James VI. Scotland spiralled into six years of civil war. Of the two rival factions ...

John Knox, Scotland’s 16th century thunderer against popery, would have preached himself hoarse at the thought. On South Uist, North Uist and Benbecula (pop. some 5,000), an island group in ...

In the First Book of Discipline of 1560, John Knox wrote his ideas for the new Reformed Church in Scotland. He wanted a number of changes: The new Protestant Church to gain the properties and ...

In 1545 the English had encouraged George Wishart to tour Scotland and spread Protestant ideas by preaching. This helped to inspire future Protestant leaders such as John Knox. When Cardinal ...