James V: Religion and Reform
Chapter 5 : Parliamentary Support for the Church
James could not, of course, be unaware of the need for change, and happily listened to satire upon the ignorance, superstition and venality of the average priest, composed by his childhood mentor, Sir David Lindsay of the Mount.
In other orders, James forbad the Church to exact death duties.
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