Dour Scotsmen and the Courage to Speak

It was not Lady Jane’s fault that she lost her head.¹

When Edward VI, the teen-aged Protestant king of England was ill and dying, those around him plotted ways to retain their power after his death. Religion was in the conversation, but at stake was power. Arrangements were made to wed Guildford Dudley to Lady Jane Gray, unwilling though they were, and to…