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When James left Edinburgh in 1603, he guaranteed the Scots that he would return every three years. He did not. Instead, he returned only once, between 13 May and 4 August 1617. The visit (a large part of which was spent hunting and carousing) was overshadowed by James\'s insistence on attempting to pass the \'Five Articles of Perth\' through both the Scottish Parliament and the Kirk General Assembly.These articles were seen by the strongly Presbyterian Kirk as an attempt to introduce Anglicanism/Popery to the pure Scottish Church. The articles were eventually forced through a General Assembly in Perth in 1618 and parliament in 1621.
The circumstances helped to convince various Scots that James had lost touch with his northern kingdom.
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