Quotes About History

Two of his sons were captured, one of them Sir John, who was executed next day at Aberdeen.

six hundred nobles were captured, including the constable and four of his sons, who were imprisoned.

Mary of Guise, herself barely a year older than Lennox and still one of the most beautiful women in Scotland

Diane de Poitiers, the constable's ally, was scarcely treated better.

The magnificent jewels Henry II had showered on her were reassigned to Mary

he had no desire whatever to marry Mary and live in Scotland.

Amid this dynastic turmoil, sudden shock waves reverberated around Europe

Mary deplored the lost opportunity. Two women rulers, working together for the benefit of the British Isles

Mary Tudor, the English queen, fell mortally ill at the age of forty-two.

Mary Tudor died on November 17, 1558

England, Scotland and France, it was actually between England, the Lords of the Congregation and the Guises

France recognized Elizabeth to be the rightful queen of England.

French troops had to evacuate Scotland

She was born at Linlithgow Palace, some seventeen miles west of Edinburgh, on Friday, December 8, 1542.

In England, Maitland continued to Mary, there were "three factions": the Catholics, the Protestants, and the queen.

The Hermitage was a key location

although his mother was briefly one of James IV's mistresses.

playing a leading role in the Protestant revolution

the only women important enough to have them in Henry II's reign were Catherine de Medici and Diane de Poitiers.

By Christmas 1568, Mary had not been found innocent, but neither had she been convicted.

In Paris, Elizabeth's accession was greeted with unconcealed scorn.

The executioners helped Mary's gentlewomen to undress her down to her petticoat.

The Guises were one of the most powerful noble families in France.

Mary Tudor's most vaunted policy had been to restore Catholicism