War and Peace in "The Lepanto" of James VI and I

King James VI and I's "The Lepanto," a heroic poem over a thousand lines long first published in 1591 and probably written in 1585, is a tale about where peace comes from, how it operates, and what it ultimately means. Appelbaum underscores the complexities entailed in James's poem and raises questions about what it might mean for someone like James--who was among other things, a man of peace--to write a heroic poem about someone else's victory (real or apparent) in someone else's war.