The Covenanters

In Our Time: Religion by BBC

Mar 12, 202053:49Society & Culture

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the bonds that Scottish Presbyterians made between themselves and their monarchs in the 16th and 17th Centuries, to maintain their form of worship. These covenants bound James VI of Scotla...

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