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.