The Berwick Witch Trials were instigated after key events in the life of James VI of Scotland... the First British Royal Wedding. Scottish history tour guide Bruce Fummey tells of the events and consequences of the wedding of James VI. They were huge for the British Isles. They were particularly important for some poor hapless women on both sides of the North Sea.

King James VI of Scotland would become King James I of England and create the Union of the Crowns on the British isles. This meant that his royal wedding with Anne of Denmark was the first British Royal Wedding. However it took place in an unexpected venue and what should have been pomp and ceremony led to the North Berwick Witch Trials where James VI exacted a cruel retribution on innocent women for his own superstition.

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Scotland History Tours is here for people who want to learn about Scottish history and get ideas for Scottish history tours. I try to make videos which tell you tales from Scotland's past and give you information about key dates in Scottish history and historical places to visit in Scotland. Not all videos are tales from Scotland's history, some of them are about men from Scotland's past or women from Scotland's past. Basically the people who made Scotland. From April 2020 onward I've tried to give ideas for historic days out in Scotland. Essentially these are days out in Scotland for adults who are interested in historical places to visit in Scotland.

As one of Scotland history tour guides people ask: Help me plan a Scottish holiday, or help me plan a Scottish vacation of your from the US. So from April 2020 I've tried to give a bit of history, but some places of interest in Scotland as well.

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