| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | Early History | 1 |
| II. | The War of Independence | 18 |
| III. | The Early Stewarts | 36 |
| IV. | James V. and Mary | 57 |
| V. | James VI. | 79 |
| VI. | Later History | 114 |
| VII. | The Buildings, the Park, and the Bridge | 133 |
| VIII. | The Associations of the Buildings | 161 |
| IX. | Stirling’s Position with regard to other Castles | 178 |
| X. | Stirling Castle in Poetry | 197 |
| Index | 214 |