Mary Queen of Scots : : With the Life and Times of Its Author, George Con.

• Superior document: Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions Series ; v.240
• Author: Santangeli, Ronald.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 2023.; ©2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (462 pages)

Ronald Santangeli presents a text and annotated translation from Neo-Latin of the first biography of the ill-fated Queen, together with an account of the fascinating diplomatic career of its Scottish author George Con.

Table of Contents

Intro -- ‎Contents -- ‎Foreword -- ‎Acknowledgments -- ‎Figures -- ‎Introduction -- ‎Part 1. A Brief Life: George Con (c. 1598-1640) -- ‎Chapter 1. Two Baroque Tombs -- ‎Chapter 2. From Douai to Bologna -- ‎Chapter 3. The Nexus of Patronage -- ‎Chapter 4. The Young Diplomat -- ‎Chapter 5. London and the Court of Queen Henrietta -- ‎Chapter 6. Return to Rome -- ‎Afterword -- ‎Part 2. Con and the Counter-Reformation -- ‎Chapter 7. Con versus Buchanan -- ‎Chapter 8. Con's Account of the Execution of Mary -- ‎Chapter 9. Stands Scotland Where It Did? -- ‎Part 3. Vita Mariae Stuartae -- ‎Chapter 10. The Biography and Con's Sources -- ‎Chapter 11. Con's Latin -- ‎Chapter 12. The Speeches -- ‎Note on Latin Text -- ‎Note on Translation and Commentary -- ‎Part 4. Vita Mariae Stuartae / The Life of Mary Stuart -- ‎Appendix 1. The Latin Epitaphs of Thomas Chambers to George Con -- ‎Appendix 2. The Diamond Poem -- ‎Appendix 3. The Bastard's Visit to Mary in France: Lesley's Account -- ‎Lesley, John, DE ORIGINE MORIBUS &amp -- REBUS GESTIS SCOTORUM. LIBRI DECEM. LIBER DECIMUS, 575-577 -- ‎Appendix 4. The Mission of Nicholas de Gouda -- ‎Appendix 5. George Con's Account of the Battle of Glenlivet, 3 October 1594 -- ‎Appendix 6. The Enforced Abdication of Mary: Blackwood's Account -- ‎Appendix 7. Bassiano Gatti's Poema Heroico Maria Regina di Scozia -- ‎Bibliography -- ‎Index -- ‎Notes to the index.