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Showing posts with label Mary of Scotland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mary of Scotland. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 23, 2021

On-line Exhibition on the Catholic Martyrs of the English Reformation

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I have been limiting my blog posting throughout Lent to a few book reviews and the announcements (previews and reminders) of the Son Rise Mo...
Friday, August 9, 2019

Holyrood Abbey, One More Time

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After describing the history of Holyrood Abbey yesterday , I added the story of how Felix Mendelssohn was inspired to write the Scottish ...
Wednesday, April 24, 2019

A Wedding at Notre Dame de Paris

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On April 24, 1558, Mary Stuart, the Queen of Scotland, married Francois (or Francis), the Dauphin of France in the Cathedral of Notre...
Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Elizabeth, Mary, and Charles

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Just a reminder that Anna Mitchell and I will discuss Hilaire Belloc's views of Elizabeth I and Mary of Scotland this morning on the Son...
Wednesday, February 8, 2017

The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots

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From the Eyewitness to History website , this report of the beheading of Mary Stuart, the deposed Queen of Scotland on February 8, 1587, 4...
Tuesday, September 20, 2016

The Tichborne Traitors

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Chidiock Tichborne was a Babington Plot conspirator against Elizabeth I (seen in the Pelican Portrait by Nicholas Hilliard, which symboliz...
Monday, March 9, 2015

David Rizzio's Murder

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Today is the anniversary of the murder of David Rizzio, Mary of Scotland's Court musician and secretary for diplomatic relations with ...
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Saturday, February 8, 2014

The Middle Ages Weren't That Dark/The Renaissance Wasn't That Bright

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I'm reading G.K. Chesterton's The Thing, as I mentioned, and I think he would appreciate this article, which turns the tables on th...
Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Henry VIII's Niece, Lady Margaret Douglas, in "History Today"

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Leanda de Lisle has published an article on Lady Margaret Douglas, Henry VIII's niece (his elder sister Margaret's daughter) in th...
Saturday, September 15, 2012

Episode Seven of The English Reformation Today

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In this episode, I'll discuss two major crises in the reign of Elizabeth I and their impact on Catholics in England: First: Mary, Queen...
Sunday, August 5, 2012

Mary, Queen of Scots Re-burial

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From Once I Was A Clever Boy comes this detail about Mary's exhumation from Peterborough Cathedral and re-burial in Westminster Abbey...
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Friday, April 6, 2012

The Spymaster Dies

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Francis Walsingham, Principal Secretary to Elizabeth I, died April 6, 1590. According to this website : His devotion to Protestantism ma...
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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

February 8, 1587 at Fotheringhay Castle

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Soon we will consider the executions of Lady Jane Grey and her husband Guilford at the orders of Mary I of England during the crisis of the...
Saturday, October 1, 2011

Donizetti's "Maria Stuarda" and "Roberto Devereux" Plus an Early Tudor Opera

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I thought I should complete the survey of Donizetti's Tudor operas with a post on Maria Stuarda and Roberto Devereux , which both featur...