Scotland's HistoryThe StewartsJames I assassinated
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After making powerful enemies James I is attacked by a group of assassins while at Friars Preachers Monastery in Perth. After a desperate attempt to escape he is stabbed to death in a sewer. Video: A history of Scotland: Language is Power.
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