In 1561, Mary, Queen of Scots, upset the applecart of the Protestant ... he had been raised to hate for her "treachery" during her reign in Scotland would not compromise his chance to be King ...
Is John Guy claiming on the #inourtime about Mary Queen of Scots that you can't be bookish and ALSO a femme fatale?! Reign, a 2016 TV show about her life has also been popular in the US ...
Mary, Queen of Scots was born in 1542, daughter of King James V of Scotland and Mary of Guise. Her father died just a week after her birth. A fervent Roman Catholic and a claimant to the English Crown ...
Over 400 after her death, newly decoded letters between Mary Queen of Scots and the French ambassador to England reveal her thoughts from when her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I, held her captive. A statue ...
This movie explores the turbulent life of the charismatic Mary Stuart (Saoirse Ronan). Queen of France at 16 and widowed at 18, Mary defies pressure to remarry. Instead, she returns to her native ...
Listen to renowned historian Dr John Guy’s lecture on Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots. He discusses these two anointed queens who never met in life yet they lie buried at Westminster Abbey just a ...
Mary, Queen of Scots never quite hits true operatic heights of emotion, but is suitably atmospheric for a dark and wet February night.
A "magnificent" castle in Scotland, which dates back to the reign of the "legendary" Mary Queen of Scots, has been named one of Britain's Holiday Homes of the Year by VRBO. Kilmartin Castle in ...
With the 96-year-old US-resident composer in attendance, the opening of Thea Musgrave’ s Mary, Queen of Scots was an event of the kind that used to be a regular occurrence at the English ...
Elizabeth I ordered the beheading of Mary, Queen of Scots, a Catholic claimant to the English throne, on this day in 1587 Sarah Holzmann On this day in 1542, the Battle of Solway Moss left James V ...
The life and legacy of Mary, Queen of Scots, remains intriguing more than 400 years after her passing. Her political scheming and personal hardships were colorful enough to inspire several films, ...
Mary’s stage rule is as short as her real one The rarely performed Mary, Queen of Scots (1973) made its London debut at ENO’s Coliseum. The Opera followed Mary’s short-lived reign as ...