Scotland is a country that Mary, Queen of Scots reigned over.
 The country they ruled experienced greater prosperity from the end of the 14th century through the Scottish Renaissance to the Reformation,:93 despite the effects of the Black Death in 1349:76 and increasing division between Highlands and Lowlands
 In 1295, both Scotland and France signed what became known as the Auld Alliance in Paris, which acted as a military and diplomatic alliance between English invasion and expansion

