A History Of Scotland - Episode 5 - Project Britain (5/6)

[Abbadon380]

so Scotlands the UNICORN people will start misconceptions over that

[stevog1973]

elizabeth lived on and on and on sounds like someone else i know lol



[1wishfulthinking1]

Mary was a real bitch

[HiLover9]

That Doc Brown near the end...anybody else find that he doesn't remind them of a historian at all? He seems way too confident, handsome and decisive in speech...odd.

[FireEyedMaidOfWar]

I guess that the riddle about the letters of Queen Mary will never be solved: Was she involved in these plots or not? Or what role Queen Elizabeth played in her death; and more strange is that Elizabeth never made any serious efforts to determine her succession: Neither did she except James VI of Scotland nor did she declare any high English noble as her heir; as for King James: It does not help dumb or weak princes to read Machiavelli, also his son should reap his harvest of disaster.

[shoobedoorocketship]

mary was a very foolish woman, her son was already heir when liz was too old to bear children, and she goes and offs her husband? really stupid.

[plymouthmartini]

"Elizabeth" was a great movie, Geoffrey Rush a great Walsingham, but be careful getting your history from films...

[DonJoPalma]

Epic!

[RicRagsLive]

I love how every time he says scotland he says it like it's a shocking surprise.

"he went about proving himself as a king....... In SCOTLAND." Then the trumpets go off baa baa baaaaaa

[iamdiva]

So much emotion put into this telling. It must have felt great being James, a Scotsman ruling England! :)

[nacho1560]

To let your own mother die in order to preserve your own power, what a wimp.

[PrUnEJuIcEtHeThIrD]

@nacho1560 This is an extremely naive statement on many counts...

1) His mother was out of his life by the time he was 13 months old

2) He grew up to be Protestant, while his mom was a staunch Catholic

3) His mom was basically just a shadow in the background constantly trying to get herself back in power

4) It's not like James made some underhanded deal to become king that threw her mom under the bus. He had built his own future ever since he was a little boy, on his own.

[nacho1560]

@PrUnEJuIcEtHeThIrD Makes no difference. He was old enough to understand his mother was a prisoner and beheaded. He was 21 when she died. Her enforced absence in England was no excuse for him to forget her and not even make any attempt to have her set free. I suppose he was no different from most rulers, power meant more than family attachment. No. 4 is strange. Surely he was under the influence of some power mad adult and didn't build his own future on his own.

[PrUnEJuIcEtHeThIrD]

@nacho1560 The point is, it's very likely that James had closer family (in terms of who actually mentored him as he grew up) than his biological mother.

[segano1]

What is that song that can be heard echoing in the background at 2:08 to 2:22,it sound familiar to me somehow......

[acerb45666555]

James read "The Prince" by Machiavelli. very smart move!! the world is a jungle truely! one must have sharp fangs to survive!!

[SemiSlavable]

I thought the letter was a trap concocted by Walsingham so they could send Mary to trial? Not merely intercepted, but orchestrated from start to finish?

[Camouflage16]

its one of those things that change depending on witch send your from Scottish and English

[celticlandscaper]

That's what I thought.....I thought it was a Walsingham plot....he was the chief Spymaster for Queen Elizabeth.....a very clever man.....Mary was a complete disaster as a ruler.......James was her only "weapon", if you will!!!!!

[alanheath]

@SemiSlavable I think the jury is out on that one. There were a number of previous plots - maybe Mary was involved, maybe she was not. We will not know know.

I saw an interesting programme on the TV in 2005 suggesting that the Gunpowder Plot may also have been a set up job but the conclusion was that we will never know.

[crawfordfanatic]

I cant find part 4/6 on this episode. If you can let me know.

[jamgilp]

Had a bit of trouble with part 4. It's up now though!