The Power of Pop Music in the 16th Century

Scotland had been affected by what was happening in mainland Europe during the 1520s, 1530s and often in a rather Lutheran way. But then the monarchy cracked down on Reformation in Scotland in the 1540s. Some people were getting burnt at the stake, but by and large nothing much happened until a great explosion in 1559 when suddenly popular riots destroyed churches and monasteries in central Scotland. John Knox emerged from exile as a figure. And this is I think an example where the power of one personality is hugely important.