Smithsonian Magazine

Mary, Queen of Scots, Wrote This Letter Hours Before She Was Executed. Her Words Are Going on Display for the First Time in Years

Mary wrote the letter in French around 2 a.m. on the day of her execution. National Library of Scotland On the morning of February 8, 1587, Mary, Queen of Scots, knelt at an execution block in the ...
The Washington Post

Letter written by Mary, Queen of Scots, prior to beheading draws crowds

PERTH, Scotland — While eating dinner on Feb. 7, 1587, Mary, Queen of Scots, was told her two decades in prison for alleged treason were finally over — but not in a good way. Her head would be chopped ...
The New York Times

What Does It Mean to Be a Woman in Power? A Ballet Looks to Two Queens.

Performances in N.Y.C. “Mary, Queen of Scots,” a new commission by Scottish Ballet, puts both her historical tale and contemporary views in motion. Roseanna Leney as Mary in “Mary, Queen of Scots,” ...
The Conversation

Robert Burns and Mary, Queen of Scots: how the poet shaped the enduring cultural legacy of the executed monarch

Kate Kane receives funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council via the Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities. Internationally synonymous with Scottish identity, Robert Burns is ...