Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots: Two Queens One Future

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Broadcast Mon 4 Oct 2021
Elizabeth and Mary were women of incredible charisma and power. In a lecture specially tailored around our upcoming exhibition, John Guy tells the story of their fraught and tangled relationship. Set against the background of religious turmoil in England and Scotland and civil war in France, it began with both queens seeking a political settlement. Mary was far from Elizabeth’s mortal enemy, but events led them down a path of increasing danger from which only one could emerge victorious.
At what point did a reconciliation become impossible? The lecture will reveal, and the exhibition display, the missing evidence showing that Elizabeth longed for one, just months before she signed Mary’s death warrant.
John Guy is a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, and an award-winning historian and biographer. His many books include Mary Queen of Scots, Elizabeth: The Forgotten Years, Thomas Becket: Warrior, Priest, Rebel, Victim and A Daughter’s Love: Thomas and Margaret More. He has presented or contributed to numerous television documentaries and appears regularly on BBC Radio’s flagship cultural programmes. His writing has appeared in The Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph, Economist, London Review of Books and The Literary Review. The 2018 film Mary Queen of Scots, starring Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie, was adapted from his biography.

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@cathryncampbell8555 Жыл бұрын

John Guy is my favourite historian for the life of Mary Queen of Scots. His research is immersive and he offers a balanced view of the Scottish queen. This is an outstanding overview!

@katescrimgeour3884 2 жыл бұрын

I saw the Elizabeth and Mary exhibit when I was in London on vacation in October. For anyone interested in history, Iwouldsay that it is a "must see". Also if you are looking for excellent and very readable books on English history - have a go at any of John Guy's books.

@deidrebee1 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for making this accessible for all. John Guy is my favorite historian by far.

@dameinnoble3995 Жыл бұрын

It really was an extraordinary time, between England Scotland and France were three female rulers. I can certainly find a place of sympathy for Mary Queen of Scots. I wonder what the relationship between Mary I (Tudor) and Mary Queen of Scots would have been like had Mary Tudor lived longer.

@SALeppard Жыл бұрын

I think its safe to think that the relationship between both Queen Mary's of Scotland and England would have been cordial as both were Catholic but of course we will never know

@symmachus898 10 ай бұрын

Enjoyed this. It's made my working afternoon slightly more tolerable. Thanks.

@melvinwoodruff905 Жыл бұрын

Outstanding, thanks

@stephanieking4444 2 жыл бұрын

One great book about Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots is ''Elizabeth and Mary'' by Jane Dunn

@SALeppard Жыл бұрын

I disagree with you there Jane Dunn stated it was an impartial account of both Queens however it was so biasedly in favor of Elizabeth it failed in what she claimed. There are far better books than one. I don't think you can do a book based on both Queens and be impartial

@stephanieking4444 Жыл бұрын

@@SALeppard I never described Dunn's book as "impartial", and if Dunn herself stated it was, I never endorsed that statement. I only said it's a great book, because,as a dual biography, it proposes to get away from the "team Mary vs team Elizabeth" thing

@SALeppard Жыл бұрын

@@stephanieking4444 i am merely poibting out it was not a great book as the author billed it as an impartial book on both Queens which it was not. I am entitled to my opinion as you are yours but the fact remains it failed completely be impartial which was as it was billed. I was quite disappointed in that fact. Books are usually written from a certain angle and bias which is fine as long as it reflects that and does does not claim impartiality. There are far better books written that this one. Still its one if the 100 plus i have of Queen Mary that gives it some merit..whithir i read it again is another matter 😂

@hugomaes1419 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@stephanieking4444 2 жыл бұрын

So there WAS a tangible proposal for Mary's return to Scotland as James's co-ruler. I was certain I had come across this, but had not been able to put all the details together.

@SALeppard Жыл бұрын

Yes Queen Mary did indeed propose that both she and James rule as joint sovereigns of Scotland in around 1584-85 i think but James had no wish to share the throne which was his mothers by right and ailled himself with Elizabeth, betraying his mother like so many did. when Queen Mary gave birth to James in 1566 she stated that he as so much Darnley's son she feared the worst for him, how shrewd she was. James did atone to an extent, for his neglect and betrayal of his Mother and Sovereign turning on Queen Mary's detractors the vile George Buchanan and the bastard Moray for procuring the ruin of his sister and sovereign. He also had Queen Mary's body moved to Westminster Abbey , reinterred in a magnificent tomb, in death Queen Mary's rights and memory have been honored, although it can be said too little to late

@dameinnoble3995 Жыл бұрын

Lord Darnley sounds like Rachel Ragland.