Etter at den upopulære og ineffektive Jakob III døde i kamp med egne landsmenn i slaget ved Sauchieburn i 1488 kom sønnen Jakob IV på tronen. Han fikk gjort slutt på The Flooers o' the ForestY GododdinNational CovenantBill of RightsClaim of RightAct for the Settling of SchoolsAct of SettlementAct of SecurityAct of SecurityAct of UnionAct of ProscriptionLoven om proskripsjonHighland ClearancesFordrivelsen av høylandetNy-SkottlandCivilization and CapitalismCapital of the Mind: How Edinburgh changed the world«For Freedom Alone»: the Declaration of Arbroath, 1320The Scottish Nation, 1700–2000Scotland's Empire 1600–1815The Kingship of the Scots 842–1292: Succession and independenceModern Scotland 1914–2000Scotland and Nationalism: Scottish Society and Politics 1707–1977A History of ScotlandScotland Since Prehistory: Natural History and Human ImpactScotland: The Story of a NationThe Origins of the Scottish ReformationA New History of ScotlandHow the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World & Everything in It'', ISBN 0-609-80999-7. Ikke et historieverk, men en bok som tilbakeviser historiske myter om Skottland, og etablerer noen nye.