Portrait of James I

James VI and I

A painting of two men, dressed in colourful robes, hug each other. One man is standing on top of a lamb, the other on a lion

Michael Wood on the rise and fall of Asian empires.

A collaged picture shows a marble statue of Elizabeth I wearing a large crown on the left, and a portrait of King James I, dressed in a red and white robe and crown on the right

The lie of succession: did James I steal Elizabeth I's crown?.

Reshaping narratives, repatriation and Richard III : 25 lessons we've learnt from history in the last 25 years.

Scotland's season of the witch.

The rise of James VI & I: when Britain went global.

George Villiers: from royal favourite to enemy number one.

How to build a radical: what the Gunpowder Plot can teach us about extremism today.

Elizabeth I and James VI & I (Photo by Getty Images and Alamy)

From Tudor to Stuart: the succession of 1603.

From Tudor to Stuart: a brand new era?.

Video podcastJames VI and I: life of the week.

HistoryExtra Academy witchcraft quiz – week one.

What is a witch? with Professor Marion Gibson.

A group of supposed witches being beaten in front of King James I and VI

Why was King James VI and I obsessed with witch hunts?

Mary and George Villiers, played by Julianne Moore and Nicholas Galitzine

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James VI and I, king of Scotland and England

How did James VI and I die?

The Succession, with Professor Tracy Borman.

James VI and I: life of the week.

James VI and I and his favourites, Robert Carr and George Villiers

James VI and I and his favourites: what were their relationships like?

The real George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, and Nicholas Galitzine as George Villiers

Who was George Villiers, favourite of King James VI and I?

King James was king of Scotland (as James VI) from 1567 to 1625 and the first Stuart king of England, from 1603 to 1625, acceding to the throne upon the death of Elizabeth I. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

King James VI and I: your guide to the first Stuart monarch of England

James VI of Scotland (later also James I of England and Ireland) and his young wife, Anna of Denmark

The honeymoon of James VI and Anna of Denmark.

Anne of Denmark, wife of James I of England

Anne of Denmark: a killer queen?

James VI and I.

Was James VI and I murdered?.

A union flag flown on HMS Queen Charlotte at the battle known as the Glorious First of June, 1794

Q&AWhen was the Union Jack or Union flag created?

This 16th-century woodcut depicts King James VI at the North Berwick witch trials, the case that first sparked his obsession with hunting. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

James VI and I: the king who hunted witches.

Sir Walter Raleigh, 1552–1618 (Photo by Getty Images)

Walter Ralegh: enemy of the state.

Historical fact and fiction.

In this painting from c1650, a witch wields a broomstick as demons and 'familiars' (helpers of witches) congregate before her. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

History quiz – witchcraft and superstition.

A deadly royal favourite?.

Picture of a lion and tiger fighting

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