Medievalists.net » James IV of Scotland http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Perkin Warbeck and King James IV of Scotland http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/24/perkin-warbeck-and-king-james-iv-of-scotland/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/24/perkin-warbeck-and-king-james-iv-of-scotland/#comments Tue, 24 Sep 2013 16:27:47 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=43815 Whether James believed Warbeck was really Richard or not, he viewed Warbeck as a pawn to be used to recover the castle town of Berwick and in the diplomatic war with England.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/24/perkin-warbeck-and-king-james-iv-of-scotland/feed/ 0 King James IV of Scotland http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/17/king-james-iv-of-scotland/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/17/king-james-iv-of-scotland/#comments Tue, 17 Sep 2013 16:40:27 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=43648 James IV ushered the Renaissance into Scotland in many ways. He cemented an alliance with England, patronized the arts, and built wonderful palaces and a strong navy. The only shortcoming James had was as a leader in battle as we shall see.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/07/moors-at-the-court-of-james-iv-king-of-scots/feed/ 0 A note on the origins of syphilis http://www.medievalists.net/2012/03/26/a-note-on-the-origins-of-syphilis/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/03/26/a-note-on-the-origins-of-syphilis/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:14:24 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=30505 The name syphilis came into common usage. It came from a Latin epic poem Syphilis, sive Morbvs Gallicvs, written by Girolamo Fracastoro or Hieronymus Fracastorius(1483–1553). In his work De contagione et contagiosis morbis, he discussed the nature and the spread of infectious diseases, foretelling the germ theory of disease.

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