Clare Jackson | The Mirror of Great Britain
Sun 26 Apr 2026 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Though best known as the intended victim of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, James VI of Scotland and I of England was a major intellectual, whose preoccupations ranged from witchcraft and theological controversy, to hunting, diplomacy, poetry and sartorial fashion. Join prize-winning Clare Jackson, Honorary Professor of Early Modern History at the University of
Cambridge, who brings her flair and insight to a perception-changing reappraisal of this highly unusual monarch.
Venue: Old Divinity School
Duration: 1 hour
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Speaker Biography
Clare Jackson is Honorary Professor of Early Modern History at Cambridge University and a Fellow of Trinity Hall. She has presented a number of highly successful programmes on the Stuart dynasty for the BBC and is the author of Devil-Land: England under Siege 1588-1688 (2021), which won the 2022 Wolfson History Prize.
