CONTENTS

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