Mary Queen of Scots: The First Biography

With the Life and Times of Its Author, George Con

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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In Mary Queen of Scots: The First Biography, Ronald Santangeli has recovered a long-forgotten document of great historiographical, literary and cultural importance. Written in 1624 in Neo-Latin by George Con, a young expatriate Scot in Rome, the Vita Mariae Stuartae is worthy of study, both for its content and its literary dimension. The fully recensed Latin text is presented with a meticulous translation into English and a fully-annotated commentary. The image Con creates of the Scottish Queen has prevailed in European cultural representations from poetry and drama to novels, paintings and opera, while Con's own meteoric career highlights the impact on seventeenth-century Catholic Europe by members of the Scottish diaspora. A significant addition to Marian and Scottish Neo-Latin studies.

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Utgivningsdatum2023-05-18
Mått155 x 235 x 35 mm
Vikt890 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieTexts and Sources
Antal sidor442
FörlagBrill
ISBN9789004529403

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ForewordAcknowledgmentsList of FiguresIntroductionPart 1 A Brief Life: George Con (c. 1598–1640)1 Two Baroque Tombs2 From Douai to Bologna3 The Nexus of Patronage4 The Young Diplomat5 London and the Court of Queen Henrietta6 Return to RomeAfterwordPart 2 Con and the Counter-Reformation7 Con versus Buchanan8 Con’s Account of the Execution of Mary9 Stands Scotland Where It Did?Part 3 Vita Mariae Stuartae10 The Biography and Con’s Sources11 Con’s Latin12 The SpeechesNote on Latin TextThe Latin TranscriptionNote on Translation and CommentaryPart 4 Vita Mariae Stuartae / The Life of Mary StuartDedicatory PrefaceThe Life of MARY STUART Queen of Scotland, Dowager Queen of France, Heir to the Throne of England and of IrelandAppendix 1: The Latin Epitaphs of Thomas Chambers to George ConAppendix 2: The Diamond PoemAppendix 3: The Bastard’s Visit to Mary in France: Lesley’s AccountAppendix 4: The Mission of Nicholas de GoudaAppendix 5: George Con’s account of the Battle of GlenlivetAppendix 6: The Enforced Abdication of Mary: Blackwood’s AccountAppendix 7: Bassiano Gatti’s Poema Heroico Maria Regina di ScoziaBibliographyIndex