Scholar, builder, warrior - James IV represents the golden age of the Scottish Renaissance. In the arts and sciences, in literature, architecture and music, Scotland stood in the front rank of European powers for almost the only time in its history. Pride in these achievements was to bring about her downfall and the death of her monarch on the terrible field of Flodden. But much more than just a portrait of a Renaissance prince, James IV is also the story of Scotland: Highland and Lowland, of burgh, church and court, of trade and commerce, and of a nation growing in wealth and confidence.
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