Mary wrote a letter to her brother-in-law, Henry III, in her prison cell at Fotheringhay Castle hours before her execution in ...

With his lament, Burns cemented Mary’s status as a tragic figure ripe for romantic literary representation. Burns’ work ...

Scotland is the perfect destination for those who love castles and history. The country has plenty of both dotted around the ...

Mary, Queen of Scots (1578, detail), painted by Peter Oudry - Mila Tomisch Lochleven Castle is today a ruin, visited by tourists, but in the 16th century, for 11 months, it was the prison of Mary, ...

On the 25th of January each year, Scots celebrate the life of Robert Burns with good food and recitations of his poetry ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: Wax Death Mask of Mary Queen of Scots made in 1587 after her execution is displayed at Lyon and Turnbull auctioneers ...

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Discover What’s Streaming On: Two queens, cousins even, find their feminist friendship undone by the machinations of the men around them. It’s a pretty concept, but the plot of Mary Queen of Scots — ...

An international team of codebreakers said Wednesday they have found and deciphered the long-lost secret letters of 16th-century monarch Mary, Queen of Scots, one of the most argued-over figures in ...

Anna Groundwater, a curator at National Museums Scotland, talked about the particular appeal of pieces related to Mary, Queen of Scots. By Susanne Fowler The messages, written while she was imprisoned ...

Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded for treason in the Great Hall of Fotheringhay Castle in England by order of her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I, on this day in history, Feb. 8, 1587. The Queen of Scotland ...

Steven Reid receives funding from the Royal Society of Edinburgh for the research project described in the article. When news media cover period dramas, historians are always asked if they are ...