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Book Synopsis Mary of Guise by : Rosalind Kay Marshall
Download or read book Mary of Guise written by Rosalind Kay Marshall and published by National Museums of Scotland. This book was released on 2001 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As mother of Mary, Queen of Scots, Mary of Guise is often overshadowed by her more famous daughter. However, this intelligent and energetic woman also led an intriguing life of her own.
Book Synopsis Scourge of Henry VIII by : Melanie Clegg
Download or read book Scourge of Henry VIII written by Melanie Clegg and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2016-10-14 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The little-known story of the mother of Mary, Queen of Scots and her feud with the Tudors: “Will fascinate anyone who loves a simmering, twisting tale” (All About History). Mary, Queen of Scots continues to intrigue both historians and the general public—but the story of her mother, Marie de Guise, is much less well known. A political power in her own right, she was born into the powerful and ambitious Lorraine family, spending her formative years at the dazzling, licentious court of François I. Although briefly courted by Henry VIII, she instead married his nephew, James V of Scotland, in 1538. James’s premature death four years later left their six-day-old daughter, Mary, as queen, and presented Marie with the formidable challenge of winning the support of the Scottish people and protecting her daughter’s threatened birthright. Content until now to remain in the background and play the part of the obedient wife, Marie spent the next eighteen years effectively governing Scotland—devoting her considerable intellect, courage, and energy to safeguarding her daughter’s inheritance by using a deft mixture of cunning, charm, determination, and tolerance. This biography, from the author of Marie Antoinette: An Intimate History, tells the story and offers a fresh assessment of this most fascinating and underappreciated of sixteenth-century female rulers.
Book Synopsis Mary of Guise in Scotland, 1548–1560 by : Pamela E. Ritchie
Download or read book Mary of Guise in Scotland, 1548–1560 written by Pamela E. Ritchie and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2021-11-01 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Challenging the conventional interpretation of Mary of Guise as the defender of Catholicism whose regime climaxed with the Reformation Rebellion, Pamela Ritchie shows that Mary was, on the contrary, a shrewd and effective politique, whose own dynastic interests and those of her daughter took precedence over her personal and religious convictions. Dynasticism, not Catholicism, was the prime motive force behind her policy. Mary of Guise's dynasticism, and political career as a whole, were inextricably associated with those of Mary Queen of Scots, whose Scottish sovereignty, Catholic claim to the English throne and betrothal to the Dauphin of France carried with them notions of Franco-British Imperialism. Mary of Guise's policy in Scotland was dictated by European dynastic politics and, specifically, by the Franco-Scottish alliance of 1548–1560. Significantly more than a betrothal contract, the Treaty of Haddington established a 'protectoral' relationship between the 'auld allies' whereby Henri II was able to assume control over Scottish military affairs, diplomacy and foreign policy as the 'protector' of Scotland. Mary of Guise's assumption of the regency in 1554 completed the process of establishing French power in Scotland, which was later consolidated, albeit briefly, by the marriage of Mary Stewart to Francois Valois in 1558. International considerations undermined her policies and weakened her administration, but only with her death did Mary of Guise's regime and French power in Scotland truly collapse.
Book Synopsis Life of Mary, Queen of Scots. [By James Grant.] by : Mary (Queen of Scots)
Download or read book Life of Mary, Queen of Scots. [By James Grant.] written by Mary (Queen of Scots) and published by . This book was released on 1828 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Martyrs and Murderers by : Stuart Carroll
Download or read book Martyrs and Murderers written by Stuart Carroll and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2011-04-28 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The House of Guise was one of the greatest princely families of the sixteenth century, or indeed of any age. Today they are best remembered through the tragic life of one family member, Mary Queen of Scots. But the story of her Guise uncles, aunts and cousins is if anything more gripping - and certainly of greater significance in the history of Europe. The Guise family rose to prominence as the greatest enemy of the House of Habsburg and had dreams of a great dynastic empire that included the British Isles and southern Italy. They were among the staunchest opponents of the Reformation, played a major role in re-fashioning Catholicism at the Council of Trent before plunging France into a bloody civil war that culminated in the infamous St Bartholomew's Day Massacre. They protected English Catholic refugees, plotted to invade England and overthrow Elizabeth I, and ended the century by unleashing Europe's first religious revolution, before succumbing in a counter-revolution that made them martyrs for the Catholic cause. Martyrs and Murderers is the first comprehensive modern biography of the Guise family in any language. In it Stuart Carroll unravels the legends which cast them either as heroes or as villains of the Reformation, weaving a remarkable story that challenges traditional assumptions about one of Europe's most turbulent and formative eras.
Book Synopsis The Challenge to the Crown by : Robert Stedall
Download or read book The Challenge to the Crown written by Robert Stedall and published by Book Guild Publishing. This book was released on 2012-07-26 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary Queen of Scots: Catholic martyr or manipulative femme fatale On 10 February 1567, conspirators bent on killing Henry, Lord Darnley, King-Consort of Mary Queen of Scots successfully razed his Edinburgh residence at Kirk o' Field in a huge explosion. Soon afterwards, Darnley's partially-clothed body was discovered in a nearby orchard, strangled to death by an unknown assailant. Rumours of Mary's involvement in his murder quickly surfaced. Placards across Edinburgh implied that she had provoked the Earl of Bothwell into killing her husband in a crime of passion. This became more plausible when she tried to avoid having to prosecute him for the murder, and subsequently married him, encouraged by her most senior Protestant nobles. While Mary's motives for the marriage might be explained by her need for his protection, those of the Nobility who had encourage it are confusing. Why would they want a union, which would inevitably place Bothwell, a man they hated, as head of government? Was their motif to associate her in the murder plot? Mary's involvement in Darnley's murder has remained one of the great historical mysteries. Genealogist and author Robert Stedall has spent ten years researching the inter-marriages within Scottish peerage to provide an explanation for their motives in removing Mary from the throne. In this first volume, of his two volume history of Mary and James, he explains in vivid detail the switching allegiances of the nobility, and can reveal for the first time, the gripping true story of Mary's downfall and imprisonment.
Book Synopsis Elizabeth's Spymaster by : Robert Hutchinson
Download or read book Elizabeth's Spymaster written by Robert Hutchinson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-08-07 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher description
Book Synopsis The Other Queen by : Philippa Gregory
Download or read book The Other Queen written by Philippa Gregory and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-09-16 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a tale inspired by the story of Mary, Queen of Scots, in a work that follows the doomed monarch's long imprisonment in the household of the Earl of Shrewsbury and his spying wife, Bess.
Book Synopsis A Wee Guide to Mary, Queen of Scots by : Joyce Miller
Download or read book A Wee Guide to Mary, Queen of Scots written by Joyce Miller and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An excellent little book detailing the life and times of the tragic queen.
Download or read book Rival Queens written by Kate Williams and published by Random House. This book was released on 2018-09-20 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ___________________________________ 'Scintillating, provocative... An elegant synthesis of royal biography and political thriller.' Daily Telegraph A Times History Book of the Year: a story which inspired the Hollywood film MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS Mary, Queen of Scots & Elizabeth I of England. Two powerful monarchs on a single island. Threatened by voices who believed no woman could govern. Surrounded by sycophants, spies and detractors. Accosted for their dominion, their favour and their bodies. Besieged by secret plots, devastating betrayals and a terrible final act. Only one queen could survive to rule all. ___________________________________ 'Brings us a fresh Mary, set in a gloriously rich context, a tragic heroine - irresistibly real and relevant... There isn't a line wasted in this taut, dramatic and utterly beguiling biography.' Charles Spencer author of Killers of the King: The Men Who Dared to Execute Charles I 'The perfect combination of scholarship and storytelling, meticulous research and emotional insight, Kate Williams brings Mary vividly to life in all her complexities and contradictions.' Kate Mosse, author of The Burning Chambers 'It takes a special kind of historian to turn an old story on its head. Eye-opening, provocative, this is the great rivalry re-imagined for the #MeToo generation.' Lucy Worsley
Book Synopsis The Survival of the Crown by : Robert Stedall
Download or read book The Survival of the Crown written by Robert Stedall and published by . This book was released on 2014-02-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this, the second, and concluding, part of his masterly account of Mary Queen of Scots, her son James, and the hoary question of their succession to the English throne, Robert Steddall takes us from the aftermath of Bothwell's murder, through Mary's imprisonment and execution for treason, to James's eventual coronation as James I of England. In this volume, James moves to centre-stage and his complex, neurotic personality is explored. What exactly was his relationship with his mother, removed from his side at such an early age, and how can we explain his seeming lack of feeling with regard to her fate?
Book Synopsis Mary of Guise.(1.publ.) by : Rosalind Kay Marshall
Download or read book Mary of Guise.(1.publ.) written by Rosalind Kay Marshall and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Mary of Guise in Scotland, 1548-1560 by : Pamela E. Ritchie
Download or read book Mary of Guise in Scotland, 1548-1560 written by Pamela E. Ritchie and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Auld Alliance, 1554-1560 by : Eva Denise White
Download or read book Auld Alliance, 1554-1560 written by Eva Denise White and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Letter from Mary Queen of Scots to the Duke of Guise, January 1562 by : Mary (Queen of Scots)
Download or read book A Letter from Mary Queen of Scots to the Duke of Guise, January 1562 written by Mary (Queen of Scots) and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Mary Queen of Scots by : Alexander Hastie Millar
Download or read book Mary Queen of Scots written by Alexander Hastie Millar and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Regency of Mary of Guise ; an Abstract of a Thesis by : Loraine Beatrice Pabst
Download or read book The Regency of Mary of Guise ; an Abstract of a Thesis written by Loraine Beatrice Pabst and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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