Archives de Tag: Mary of Guise
Portraits of James V of Scotland and the celebration of dynasty
« There is evidence to suggest that the Stewart kings were keenly aware of the need both to circulate an official likeness and to assemble a gallery of dynastic forebears. Portrait artists were seemingly employed at the Scottish court from the reign of James I. When Mary Queen of Scots was executed at Fotheringhay Castle in […]
« Your Grace. » – « Please call me Mary »
For all French readers, la critique sanglante en français est déja faite ici , et c’est très drôle ! Mary Stuart, Mary of Guise’s only daughter, is still very popular today – and a figure so far from her historic self that comparison isn’t reasonable. But let’s try to get some of this stuff right. […]
« The First Blast of the Trumpet » : John Knox by Marie Macpherson
Scottish writer Marie Macpherson published in march this year the first volume of a trilogy about John Knox (1513-1572), the protestant reformer who saw – as it is commonly written – queen Mary of Guise as an example of « the monstrous regiment of women« . In fact, John Knox’s « First Blast of the trumpet » was principally […]
La mère oubliée de Marie Stuart
Ce blog est dédié à une princesse française oubliée de la Renaissance, Marie de Lorraine communément appelée Marie de Guise. Pour marquer le 500ème anniversaire de sa naissance, j’ai organisé en novembre 2015, en collaboration avec plusieurs membres des universités de Reims et de Lorraine, un colloque à Bar-le-Duc où Marie est née en novembre […]
