This is Part 1 of a two-part series. King James VI of Scotland and I of England is mainly famous today for giving his name to an English translation of the Bible still held as sacrosanct by many conservative Christians. Yet he is also one of the rare examples of a man in pre-modern European history who unambiguously preferred romantic and sexual relationships with men.

Bergeron, David M. King James and Letters of Homoerotic Desire (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1999).

Croft, Pauline. King James (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003).

Young, Michael B. James VI and the History of Homosexuality (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2000).

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