Abstract:Literature of the late Renaissance period in Scotland is best understood in the light of the two monarchs, mother and son, who governed the nation between 1561 and 1603. Scottish court culture in this period was alternately shaped, inhibited and nurtured by the political fortunes of Mary Stewart, Queen of Scots (1542-87) and James VI . Within four decades, the Catholic queen from a powerful Franco-Scottish dynasty was first deposed, then beheaded; a succession of Protestant regents reigned calamitously; and th… Show more
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