Though best known as the intended victim of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, James VI of Scotland and I of England was a major intellectual, whose preoccupations ranged from witchcraft and theological controversy, to hunting, diplomacy, poetry and sartorial fashion. Join prize-winning Clare Jackson, Honorary Professor of Early Modern History at the University of
Cambridge, who brings her flair and insight to a perception-changing reappraisal of this highly unusual monarch.

Venue: Old Divinity School

Duration: 1 hour