Queen of Scots (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: ^John Guy
- First Published: 2004
- Type of Work: Biography
- Time of Work: 1542-1587
- Setting: Scotland, France, and England
- Principal Characters: Mary Stuart, Mary of Guise, Elizabeth I, Francis II, Henry, Lord Darnley, James Hepburn, James Stuart, Catherine de Medici, William Cecil, Lord Burghley
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Prisons, France or French people, Religion, England or English people, Kings, queens, or royalty, Sixteenth century, Catholics or Catholic Church, Scotland or Scottish people, Calvinism, Feudalism, Protestantism or Protestant churches, Heads of state, Reformation
- Locales: France, England, Scotland
Being queen of Scotland in the sixteenth century was not a position; it was a predicament. The difficulties began with Scotland itself, which was still feudal. In Queen of Scots, John Guy observes that “violence was endemic in [the country]. Politics were tribal, based on organized revenge and the blood feud.” Adding to the factionalism were religious differences arising from the Reformation. While Scotland's official religion was Protestantism, many, if not most, of its subjects were Catholic.
Compounding tribal and theological differences were foreign allegiances and...
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