by Allan Massie
Defenestration of Prague
Derby
Derwentwater, Earl of (married to Charles II’s illegitimate daughter)
Derwentwater, Earl of (grandson of Charles II)
Devereux, Robert, 2nd Earl of Essex see Essex, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of
Devereux, Robert, 3rd Earl of Essex see Essex, Robert
Devereux, 3rd Earl of Diet of Augsburg (1555)
Dirleton Castle
Dissenters
Dissolution of the Monasteries
Dol, Counts of
Donaldson, Gordon
Donibristle Castle
Donne, John
Douglas, Archibald, Earl of Moray see Moray, Archibald Douglas, Earl of
Douglas, Archibald, 5th Earl of Angus see Angus, Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of
Douglas, Archibald, 6th Earl of Angus see Angus, Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of
Douglas, Archibald (uncle of 6th Earl of Angus)
Douglas, Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of
Douglas, Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of
Douglas, Catherine
Douglas, David
Douglas, Gavin
Douglas, George, 4th Earl of Angus see Angus, George Douglas, 4th Earl of
Douglas, George (in reign of James V)
Douglas, George (in reign of Mary, Queen of Scots)
Douglas, Hugh, Earl of Ormond see Ormond, Hugh Douglas, Earl of
Douglas, James, of Parkhead
Douglas, James, 4th Earl of Morton see Morton, James Douglas, 4th Earl of
Douglas, Sir James, of Balveny see
Douglas, James (the Gross) Douglas, 7th Earl of
Douglas, Sir James (Robert the Bruce’s general)
Douglas, James Douglas, 2nd Earl of
Douglas, James (the Gross) Douglas, 7th Earl of (Sir James Douglas of Balveny)
Douglas, James Douglas, 9th Earl of
Douglas, John, of Balveny
Douglas, Lady (mother of Sir William Douglas)
Douglas, Margaret, Countess of Lennox
Douglas, Margaret, Maid of Galloway
Douglas, Lady Margaret
Douglas, Robert
Douglas, Will
Douglas, William Douglas, 6th Earl of
Douglas, William Douglas, 8th Earl of
Douglas, Sir William
Douglas Castle
Douglas family, see also names of individuals
Doune, Lady
Doune Castle
Dover
Treaty of (1670)
Downs, the
Drogheda, Battle of (1649)
Drumlanrig
Drummond, Annabelle
Drummond, Euan, of Balhaldie
Drummond, Lord
Drummond, Margaret
Drury, Sir William
Dryburgh
Dryden, John: Absalom and Achitophel
Dublin
Dudley, Edmund
Dudley, John, Earl of Warwick, Duke of Northumberland
Dudley, Robert, Earl of Leicester see Leicester, Robert
Dudley, Earl of Dumbarton
Dumbarton Castle
Dumfries Abbey
Dunbar
Dunbar, Battle of (1650)
Dunbar, William
Dundee
Dundee, John Graham of Claverhouses, Viscount
Dunkeld Cathedral
Dunkirk
Dutch Wars
East India Company
Edgar, James
Edgehill, Battle of (1642)
Edict of Nantes
Revocation of
Edict of Revocation
Edinburgh
Edinburgh Castle
Edward I, King of England
Edward II, King of England
Edward III, King of England
Edward IV, King of England
Edward V, King of England
Edward VI, King of England
as Prince
Elcho, Lord
Elgin Cathedral
Elizabeth I, Queen of England
Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Elizabeth, later Queen of Bohemia (daughter of James VI and I)
Elizabeth, Princess (daughter of Charles I)
Elizabeth, Princess (daughter of
Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia)
Elliot family
Elphinstone, Bishop
Elwes, Sir Gervase
‘Engagement’
Engagers
Enlightenment
Erasmus
Eriskay
Erskine, John, Earl of Mar see Mar, John
Erskine, Earl of (guardian of James VI and I)
Erskine, John, Earl of Mar (‘Bobbing Johnnie’) see Mar, John
Erskine, Earl of (‘Bobbing Johnnie’)
Erskine, Margaret
Eskdale
Essex, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of
Essex, Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of
Estates, the/Scottish Parliament
Ettrick Forest
Euphemia of Strathearn
Evelyn, John
Exeter
Exeter, Thomas Beaufort, Duke of
Fairfax, General
Fairfax, Lady
Falkirk, Battle of (1746)
Falkland Castle/Falkland Palace
Fecamp
Felton (officer)
Ferdinand, Holy Roman Emperor
Ferdinand of Aragon
Ferdinand of Styria
Feversham, Lord
Field, Ophelia
Fife
Fife, Robert Stewart, Earl of, Duke of Albany see Albany, Robert Stewart, Earl of
Fife, Duke of Albany
Firth of Forth
Fisher, Bishop of Rochester
Fitzjames, Henry, Duke of Albemarle
Fitzjames, James, 1st Duke of Berwick see Berwick, James Fitzjames, 1st Duke of
Five Articles of Perth (1617)
Flaald, Steward of Dol
Flamborough Head
Fleance (son of Banquo)
Fleming, Sir David
Fleming, Malcolm, of Cumbernauld
Fleury, Cardinal
Flodden, Battle of (1513)
Flodden Edge
Florence
Fontenay
Foot Guards
Forbes, Bishop Robert
Forbes, Master of
Forbin, Comte de
Forster, Thomas
Fort William
Fotheringay
Fouquelin, Antoine
Fox, Charles James
Fox, Henry
Fox, Sir Stephen
Francis I, King of France
Francis II, King of France
Frascati
Fraser, Antonia
Frederick, Elector Palatine of the Rhine, later King of Bohemia
Frederick the Great
Froissart, Jean
Fronde, the
Gaeta
Gardiner, S. R.
General Assembly (of the Kirk)
General Council
Geneva
George I, Elector of Hanover, King of Great Britain and Ireland
George II, King of Great Britain and Ireland
George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland
George IV, King of Great Britain and Ireland
George of Denmark, Prince (Queen Anne’s husband)
Glamis, Lady
Glasgow
Glasgow University
Glencoe, Massacre of
Glendower, Griffith
Glendower, Owen
Glenfinnan
Glenshiel
Gloucester
Gloucester, Henry, Duke of see Henry (Harry), Prince, Duke of Gloucester
Gloucester, Humphrey, Duke of
Gloucester, William, Duke of
Gloucestershire
Godfrey, Sir Edmund Berry
Godolphin, Earl of
Goes, Hugo van der
Go
ffe, Father
Gondomar (Spanish ambassador)
Gordon, Lady Jean
Gordon, Lady Katharine
Gordon family
Gowrie, Alexander Ruthven, Master of see Ruthven, Alexander, Master of Gowrie
Gowrie, Earl of (executed in 1584)
Gowrie, Earl of (killed in 1600)
‘Gowrie Conspiracy’
Gowrie House, Perth
Grafton, Duke of
Grafton, Duke of (present-day)
Graham, James, Earl of Montrose see Montrose, James Graham, Earl of
Graham, John, of Claverhouses, Viscount Dundee
Graham, Malise, Earl of Strathearn, then Earl of Menteith
Graham, Sir Robert
Grammont, Comte de
Grand Remonstrance
Gravesend
Gray, Sir Patrick
Great Fire of London (1666)
Greenwich, Treaty of
Grey, Lady Jane
Grey, Sir Thomas
Greyfriars Church, Edinburgh
Guise, Duc de (uncle of Mary, Queen of Scots)
Guise, Duc de (cousin of James VI and I)
Guise, House of
Gunpowder Plot (1605)
Gunter, Captain
Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden
Guthrie, Henry
Gwyn, Nell
Habsburg, House of
Haddington, ‘Tam of the Cowgate’, Earl of
Haddon Rig
Hague, the
Halifax, Earl of
Hall, Jacob
Hamilton, Anthony
Hamilton, Duke of (present-day)
Hamilton, James, Archbishop of St Andrews
Hamilton, James, 1st Earl of Arran see Arran, James Hamilton, 1st Earl of
Hamilton, James, 2nd Earl of Arran see Arran, James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of, Duke of Châtelheraut
Hamilton, James, 3rd Duke of Arran see Arran, James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of
Hamilton, James Hamilton, 3rd Marquis and 1st Duke of
Hamilton, John, Abbot of Paisley
Hamilton, Lord
Hamilton, William Hamilton, Earl of Lanark, 2nd Duke of
Hamilton, Sir William
Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh
Hamilton family, see also names of individuals
Hampden, John
Hampton Court
Harley, Robert, Earl of Oxford
Harrington, Sir John
Hart, Jackie
Hawick
Hawley, General
Hebrides
Henderson (Gowrie’s servant)
Henderson, Alexander
Henrietta, Princess (daughter of
Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia)
Henrietta Maria, Queen (wife of Charles I)
Henriette-Anne (Minette), later Duchess of Orléans
Henry I, King of England
Henry II (Henry of Anjou), King of England
Henry II, King of France
Henry III, King of France
Henry IV, King of England
Henry IV (Henry of Navarre), King of France
Henry V, King of England
Henry VI, King of England
Henry VII, King of England
Henry VIII, King of England
Henry, Duke of York (son of James Edward, the Old Pretender)
Henry, Prince (son of James VI and I)
Henry (Harry), Prince, Duke of Gloucester (son of Charles I)
Henryson, Robert
Hepburn, James, 4th Earl of Bothwell see Bothwell, James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Hepburn, James, of Keith
Hepburn, Prior John
Hepburn family
Hepburn of Hailes
Hermitage Castle
Herries, John Maxwell, Lord
Hetton Castle
High Commission, Court of
Highlands
Hill, Abigail (Mrs Masham)
Hobbes, Thomas Leviathan
Holdenby House
Holmes, Richard
Holy League
Holyrood Abbey
Holyroodhouse (Holyrood), Palace of
Home, Lord
Home family
Hommyl (tailor)
Hopton, Sir Ralph
Hotel de Ville, Paris
Hounslow Heath
Howard, Frances, later Countess of Somerset
Howard, Henry, Earl of Northampton see Northampton, Henry Howard, Earl of
Howard, Thomas, Earl of Suffolk
Howard, Thomas, Earl of Surrey see Surrey, Thomas Howard, Earl of Huddleston, Father
Hughes, Margaret
Huguenots
Huizinga (Dutch historian)
Hull
Hundred Years War
Huntly, Earl of (in reign of James IV)
Huntly, Earl of (in reign of Mary, Queen of Scots)
Huntly, Earl of (in reign of James VI and I)
Hurst Castle
Hyde, Anne
Hyde, Edward, 1st Earl of Clarendon
Hyde Park
Independents
Inverness
Ireland, John
Ireton, General
Ironsides
Isabella of Castile
Isle of Wight
Jacobites
‘Jacqueries’
James I, King of Scotland
The Kingis Quair
James II, King of Scotland
James III, King of Scotland
James IV, King of Scotland
James V, King of Scotland
James VI of Scotland and I of England
Basilikon Doron
James VII of Scotland and II of England
birth
as Duke of York
James VIII of Scotland and III of England see James Edward, the Old Pretender
James, Steward-Guardian of Scotland
James Edward, the Old Pretender (also called James VIII and III)
Jedburgh
Jeffreys, Lord Chief Justice
Jermyn, Lord
Joan, Queen (Joan Beaufort; wife of James I)
Joan of Arc
John, King of England
John, King of France
John, Lord of the Isles
John Balliol, King
John of Fordoun
John of Gaunt
John Sobieski, King of Poland
Johnson, Hester (‘Stella’)
Johnson, Dr Samuel
Johnston, Archibald, of Warriston
Johnstone, Chevalier de
Johnstone family
Jones, Inigo
Jonson, Ben
Joyce, Cornet
Julius II, Pope
Juxon, William, Bishop of London
Kay clan
Keith, James
Kelso
Kennedy, Bishop
Kensington Palace
Keppel, Arnold Joost van, Earl of Albemarle
Ker of Fernihurst
Ker (or Carr), Robert, Earl of Somerset see Somerset, Robert Ker (or Carr), Earl of
Kérouaille, Louise de, Duchess of Portsmouth see Portsmouth, Louise de
Kérouaille, Duchess of
Ketch, John
Kidderminster
Kildrummy Castle
Killearn
Killiecrankie, Pass of
Kilsyth, Battle of (1645)
Kingsburgh, MacDonald of
King’s College, University of Aberdeen
King’s Men
Kirk, the see also Covenanters; National Covenant; Solemn League and Covenant Kirkcaldy of Grange
Kirke, General
Kirk o’Field, Edinburgh
Kirkton, Reverend James
Knox, John
‘Confession of Faith’
A First Blast of the Trumpet against the Monstrous Regiment of Women
Lane, Jane
Lang, Andrew
Langland, William
Langside
Lansdowne, Lord
Largs, Battle of (1263)
La Rochelle
Laud, William
Lauder
Lauderdale, John Maitland, Earl of
Leeds
Leicester, Robert Dudley, Earl of
Leith
Treaty of
Lennox, Duke of (son of Esmé Stewart)
Lennox, Caroline
Lennox, Charles Stewart, Earl of
Lennox, Earl of (in reign of James I)
Lennox, Earl of (in reign of James V)
Lennox, Esmé Stewart, Seigneur d’Aubigny, Earl of
Lennox, Margaret Douglas, Countess of
Lennox, Matthew Stewart, Earl of
Lennox and Richmond, Duke of
Leo X, Pope
Leonard (shoe-maker)
Leslie, Alexander, Earl of Leven see
Leven, Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leslie, David
Leven, Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of
Leven, 3rd Earl of
Liddesdale
Lindsay, Earl of
Lindsay of the Mount, Sir David
Linklater, Eric
Linlithgow
Linlithgow Palace
Liria, Duke of, later 2nd Duke of Berwick
Livingstone, Sir Alexander
Livingstone family
Lochaber
Loch Arkaig
Lochiel, Donald Cameron of (Jacobite)
Lochiel, Donald Cameron of (in Queen Victoria’s reign)
Loch Leven Castle
Lochmaben
Loch nan Uamh
Lockhart, George, of Carnwath
London
Londonderry
Long Parliament
Lords, House of
Lords of the Congregation
Lorraine, Cardinal of
Lorraine, Chevalier de
Loudon, Earl of
Louis XI, King of France
Louis XII, King of France
Louis XIII, King of France
Louis XIV, King of France
Louis XV, King of France
Louis XVIII, King of France
Louise, later Abbess of Maubuisson
Louise of Stolberg-Gedern, Princess
Lowestoft
Luther, Martin
Lyme
Lynch, Michael
MacAlpine, Kenneth
Macaulay, Lord
Macbeth
MacDonald, Bishop Hugh
MacDonald, Flora
MacDonald of Boisdale
MacDonald of Kingsburgh
Macdonalds, the, see also names of individuals
Machiavelli, Niccolo
Macgregor, Rob Roy
McIan (or McKean) clan
Mackay, General
Mackenzie, Compton: The Four Winds of Love
Mackenzie of Kintail
Mackintosh of Borlum
MacLellan
Madeleine of France
Madrid
Magdalen College, Oxford
Mahon, Major-General, ‘Maid of Norway’
Maintenon, Madame de
Mair (or Major), John
Maisonfleur, M. de
Maitland, F. W.
Maitland, Sir James, of Thirlestane
Maitland, John, Earl of Lauderdale see Lauderdale, John Maitland, Earl of
Maitland, William, of Lethington
Malcolm III, King of Scotland