Archives Mensuelles: octobre 2015

Madeleine of Valois, king James V’s first wife

octobre 24, 2015 · par · dans 16th century, 19th century, France, history, Holyrood Abbey, Mary of Guise, Renaissance, Scotland, Stewart, tomb · Poster un commentaire

In the first half of the XVIth century, France and Scotland were not only bound by the Auld Alliance, a treaty of mutual military assistance between the two kingdoms dating from the end of the XIIIth century. Many Scots were also permanently living on the Continent: Scottish merchants living in the cities of Rouen and […]