Who was James I?
How is Macbeth a reflection of the history of Scotland and England?

James I – Shakespeare Internet Library
http://web.uvic.ca/shakespeare/Library/SLTnoframes/history/james.html
Brief article.

James VI and I (1566- 1625)
http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/james/
Extensive site with some good links. For music have your speakers turned on low.

Macbeth, King James and the Witches
http://homepages.tesco.net/~eandcthomp/macbeth.htm
An essay by Dr Edward H. Thompson, University of Dundee, Scotland.

Life in Elizabethan England
http://www.shakespeare.com/faq/faq37.php

History of Elizabethan England, 1577 (primary sources from Halinshed’s Chronicles)
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1577harrison-england.html
A description of Elizabethan England.

822.33 Shakesp - Shakespeare’s World: Background Readings in the English Renaissance.
Essays on witchcraft, religion and science during the English Renaissance.

Scottish Monarchs
http://www.visitscotland.com/aboutscotland/history/scottishmonarchs

Scottish Events Historical Timeline
http://hometown.aol.com/Skyelander/timeline.html

Scottish History Outline; Free Genealogy Pages
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cafamilies/finley/scot_hst.html