Boydell Press The Household and Court of James IV of Scotland, 1488-1513: 4 (Scottish Historical Review Monograph Second Series)

James IV is regarded by many historians as the most charismatic and politically successful of Scotland's rulers, with his royal court, and the institution of the royal household which underpinned it, at the heart of his reign. As the first comprehensive examination of the court, this book looks at the structures and personnel of the royal household from councillors to stable-hands. It argues that these people were both audience and performer in the court, receiving and producing messages about the king, royal government and the status of groups and individuals. Association with the household also became a feature of life for people away from the court, through the household-related terms in which they were described and through the lands they held.