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The Scottish Reformation: Faith, Fire, and Fury
Episode 249 explores the violent and transformative Scottish Reformation of the 1560s, moving beyond the Enlightenment and Jacobite myths to examine how a nation’s soul was rewritten in blood and ink. We focus on John Knox, the fiery preacher who returned from Geneva to dismantle the Catholic Church’s power structure, and Mary Queen of Scots, whose complex reign became the battleground for this theological civil war. The episode details the pivotal Battle of Langside in 1568, where Mary’s forces were crushed by the Protestant lords, cementing the Kirk’s dominance. We also look at the role of…
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