The Catholic threat undoubtedly revolved around Elizabeth’s cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots. She had become Queen of Scotland when her father, James V, was killed in battle against the English in 1542.

Making up the already stellar cast are Jack Lowden as Lord Darnley and Joe Alwyn playing Robert Dudley. Not to mention, the ...

Mary Stuart, who was Catholic, wrote the coded letters from 1578 to 1584 while she was imprisoned in England due to the perceived threat she posed to her Protestant cousin Queen Elizabeth I.

Over 50 encrypted letters written by Mary, Queen of Scots, have been deciphered ... But, Queen Elizabeth, a protestant, viewed Mary, a Catholic, as a threat because many English Catholics ...

The latest film to line-up in hopes of awards season glory is Josie Rourke's directorial debut Mary Queen ... Scots, will explore the turbulent relationship between Mary Stuart and her cousin ...

The Life of Elizabeth II and Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story. Professor Kate Williams is the author of 2018 book Rival Queens: The Betrayal of Mary, Queen of Scots ...

Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded for treason in the Great Hall of Fotheringhay Castle in England by order of her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I, on this day in history, Feb. 8, 1587. The Queen of ...

Instead, they were part of the secret prison correspondence of Mary, Queen of Scots ... only to be jailed again by her cousin Queen Elizabeth I as a threat to her own rule. After 19 years as ...

“Mary, Queen of Scots, has left an extensive corpus of ... Considering Mary Stuart a threat, Elizabeth I imprisoned her cousin for 19 years, under the custody of the Earl of Shrewsbury in ...

Listen to renowned historian Dr John Guy’s lecture on Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots. He discusses these two anointed queens who never met in life yet they lie buried at Westminster Abbey just a ...

The relationship between Mary, Queen of Scots and Elizabeth. I. Elizabeth I saw Mary, Queen of Scots as a threat and was keen to keep her under observation in England. Sir John Neale describes the ...