Mary queen of scots

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Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, has long been portrayed as one of history's romantically tragic figures. Devious, naïve, beautiful and sexually voracious, often highly principled, she secured the Scottish throne and bolstered the position of the Catholic Church in Scotland. Her plotting, including probable involvement in the murder of her husband Lord Darnley, led to her flight from Scotland and imprisonment by her equally ambitious cousin and fellow queen, Elizabeth of England. Yet when Elizabeth ordered Mary's execution in 1587 it was an act of exasperated frustration rather than political wrath.

Unlike biographies of Mary predating this work, this masterly study set out to show Mary as she really was – not a romantic heroine, but the ruler of a European kingdom with far greater economic and political importance than its size or location would indicate. Wormald also showed that Mary's downfall was not simply because of the 'crisis years' of 1565–7, but because of her way of dealing, or failing to deal, with the problems facing her as a renaissance monarch. She was tragic because she was born to supreme power but was wholly incapable of coping with its responsibilities. Her extraordinary story has become one of the most colourful and emotionally searing tales of western history, and it is here fully reconsidered by a leading specialist of the period. Jenny Wormald's beautifully written biography will appeal to students and general readers alike.

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Mary, Queen of Scots

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Mary stuart queen of scots has long been portrayed as one of history s romantically tragic figures devious naive beautiful and sexually voracious often highly principled she secured the scottish throne and bolstered the position of the catholic church in scotland her plotting including prob Op voorraad. Nu besteld, dinsdag in huis .. MEER INFO

The Lives of Tudor Women

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The turbulent tudor age never fails to capture the imagination but what was it actually like to be a woman during this period this was a time when death in infancy or during childbirth was rife when marriage was usually a legal contract not a matter for love and the education of women was minim Direct beschikbaar .. MEER INFO

Great Lives - The Temptation of Elizabeth Tudor

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England late 1547 henry viii is dead his 14 year old daughter elizabeth is living with the old king s widow catherine parr and her new husband thomas seymour ambitious charming and dangerous seymour begins an overt flirtation with elizabeth that ends in her being sent away by catherine when c Direct beschikbaar .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: E-book

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 10 augustus 2017

Ebook Formaat: Adobe ePub

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Hoofdauteur: Jenny Wormald

Tweede Auteur: Jenny Wormald

Hoofduitgeverij: Birlinn

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EAN: 9780857903501

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