As Scotland moves towards its referendum on staying in the United Kingdom, Don Stephens gives a snapshot of the life of John Knox
In the 1500s there was no United Kingdom.
There was England, there was Scotland and there was Wales. And they hated each other deeply. The border between England and Scotland was criss-crossed by warring parties and armies and the greatest ally of Scotland was France. What stopped the wars was that Scotland became a Protestant country. The alliance with France was broken. And behind all this was one man who set things in motion. That man was John Knox (1514 –1572).
