Alex Courtney, FRHistS
@DrAlexCourtney
📖 ‘James VI, Britannic Prince: King of Scots & Elizabeth’s Heir, 1566-1603’ (Routledge, 2024) | co-editor, Mary Queen of Scots’ lost letters’ (forthcoming)
🎉 PUBLICATION DAY🎉 #JamesVI, Britannic Prince Jamie himself would say: ‘This booke is nowe vented and set forth to the publicke viewe of the worlde, and consequentlie subject to every mans censure, as the current of his affection leades him.’ Enjoy! routledge.com/James-VI-Brita…
On the trail of James VI & I… and the (no longer) lost letters of Mary, Queen of Scots…🔍🦄👑 Some highlights of a very special fortnight in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Paris. #KingJames400 #MaryQueenofScots #earlymodern #history @KingJamesConf @NatGalleriesSco @DrEstellePrnq
Please do give my @HistoryRage episode a listen! It was such fun to record and @PaulBavill was such a welcoming and encouraging host! 👑 #MaryI #Tudors #anniversary #queenship
📅 #OnThisDay 19 July 1553: Lady Jane Grey is deposed & Mary I becomes Queen 👑 @jo_strong_ rages it’s time to ditch the ‘Bloody Mary’ myth & see England’s first Queen Regnant for who she was — less brutal than her sister! 🔥⚔️ Listen now 🎧 pod.fo/e/299de6 #onthisdate…
King James the Sixth - minus one fifth… @routledgebooks sale! routledge.com/James-VI-Brita… routledge.com/James-VI-and-I… #earlymodern #KingJames400 #Stuarts #Tudors
Finishing this week with the most stimulating and inspiring thoughts thanks to this amazing conference. Many thanks to organisers for these three days of powerful and inspiring papers and roundtables ! And a special thank you for having me talking about James and Esmé.
Elizabeth Rébeillé-Borgella discusses James’ relationship with his first favourite, Esmé Stuart, duke of Lennox. She argues that their short relationship was so successful because it was based on ‘reciprocity, loyalty and love’…
Attention courtiers! Our blog 'The Court Observer' is currently accepting submissions! Open to researchers of any career stage. Interested? Please see courtstudies.org/about/scs-blog… for more information!
This experience was deeply special to me on a professional and personal level and I’m so glad so many others felt the same way - I’m happy to say the future of Jacobean studies is in very safe hands! 👑 (3/3)
For the past year I have been on the most amazing team organising the ‘Understanding King James VI & I 400 Years On’ conference! (1/3) 🧵
The last 3 days have been absolutely incredible… so much excitement, encouragement and synergy amongst our speakers and attendees about this fascinating historical figure and the groundbreaking research he continues to inspire! (2/3)
We all loved this conference. Thank you so, so much to the organisers and the speakers and the audiences in person and online. We must do this again and again! A better advertisement for scholarly collegiality I cannot imagine.
Finally, we have the Biographers Roundtable. Laura Stewart talks with Alex Courtney, Steven Reid, Clare Jackson and Steven Veerapen about what inspired them to write about King James, how they feel about the man himself, and how they see scholarship moving forward…
Finally, we have the Biographers Roundtable. Laura Stewart talks with Alex Courtney, Steven Reid, Clare Jackson and Steven Veerapen about what inspired them to write about King James, how they feel about the man himself, and how they see scholarship moving forward…
Witches?🧙 MQS? 🏴 Our panelists discuss how we might recenter & reevaluate popular perceptions of James, objects and material culture, including the process of creating the current @NatGalleriesSco exhibition and @glasgowlife's film on their 1618 James portrait.
Next up, Alexander Courtney talks us through James' pamphlet 'The True Lawe of Free Monarchies' as an intervention into Scottish domestic politics and religion and a response to his various adversaries...
📢 The new RSJ special issue 12.1 is out now! "Material Culture & Built Heritage: Scotland’s Royal Past, Present & Future" guest edited by @Lucy_HS_Dean & @a_v_hayes Read here ➡️ rsj.winchester.ac.uk/30/volume/12/i… @royalstudies #RoyalStudies #ScottishHistory #MaterialCulture
Deciphering Mary, Queen of Scots today with two great colleagues, @DrEstellePrnq and (by recorded message) George Lasry, on day 3 of @ChalkeFestival!!! 😊 Many thanks to @historywjackson for expert hosting, and to the wonderful audience! 🙏🏼
Morning! 👋 ONE MORE SLEEP! 😁 Bring your hats and sun cream - it's going to be a glorious week ☀️ Entrance tickets will be available all week: chalkefestival.com #wiltshire #summerishere #historyfestival #festivalfun #familyfun #amazinghistory #CHF2025
A quick reminder ahead of the Festival kicking off tomorrow of all the incredible things included in your entrance ticket. 👇 We're here all week! Come and join us any day or evening!👏 Evening tickets available Mon - Fri - entrance from 4.15pm- JUST £29! chalkefestival.com
A page from royal accounts recording expenses for a firework display held to mark the baptism of the son of Mary, Queen of Scots. “Her dearest son” James, born 19 June 1566, became King James VI and I.
Happy birthday, JR! #OnThisDay 19 June 1566: King James VI & I was born. 🎉🎉
