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HistoryExtra podcast · 2025-12-17 · 38 min · 7,100 words

The many faces of James VI & I

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Start din gratis prøveperiode på Shopify.com. For more than 400 years, the reputation of King James VI of Scotland and 1st of England has been refracted and reflected through many lenses. In today's episode of the History Extra podcast, historian Claire Jackson will be exploring this multifaceted legacy, examining the many threads of the King's reputation that she explores in her new biography, The Mirror of Great Britain. Putting the questions to her was Eleanor Evans. Today we're talking about your new biography of King James VI of Scotland and First of England.

And I'd like to start with a few words. We've got agitate, we've got decoration, we've got imposter, preoccupied, and quintessence. And these really surprised me as just a few of the words that first appear in the writing of King James VI and First. James's own words are foregrounded throughout your biography. And I hoped we could start with this idea of him as a wordsmith monarch.

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