Courtship, Slander, and Treason

“Presents two independent but complementary studies of episodes in the career of Mary Queen of Scots after her flight to England in 1568: her ‘forbidden match’ with the ranking English peer Thomas Howard, fourth Duke of Norfolk, in 1568-72, and her own trial, execution, and funeral in 1586-87. Not primarily intended as a retelling or latter-day reinterpretation of the fatal events - Norfolk’s execution in 1572 extinguishing the last dukedom of Queen Elizabeth’s reign, and Mary’s the stuff of romance, remonstrance, and furious debate over more than four centuries–these essays are essentially historiographical, for the first time closely examining a range of contemporary printed and manuscript material.” -- Website.