Articles of Leith
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The Articles of Leith were the terms of truce drawn up between the Protestant Lords of the Congregation and Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland and signed on 25 July 1559. This negotiation was a step in
Leith Links, where the Lords of the Congregation debated a treaty on 24 July 1559
Siege of Leith
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The siege of Leith ended a twelve-year encampment of French troops at Leith, the port near Edinburgh, Scotland. French troops arrived in Scotland by invitation in 1548. In 1560 the French soldiers opp
James Hamilton, Earl of Arran, Regent of Scotland from 1542 to 1554
Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland from 1554 to 1560
Head of the statue of John Knox, New College, Edinburgh
19th century plan showing the French fortifications of 1560