The Tragedy of Fotheringay: Founded on the Journal of Dominique Bourgoing, Physician to Mary Queen of Scots, and on Unpublished MS. Documents

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, New Age, History, Fiction & Literature
Cover of the book The Tragedy of Fotheringay: Founded on the Journal of Dominique Bourgoing, Physician to Mary Queen of Scots, and on Unpublished MS. Documents by Mary Monica Maxwell-Scott, Library of Alexandria
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Mary Monica Maxwell-Scott ISBN: 9781465616098
Publisher: Library of Alexandria Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Mary Monica Maxwell-Scott
ISBN: 9781465616098
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English
THREE hundred years have passed since Brantôme wrote these lines, and his prevision has been fully verified. Writers of every opinion—friends and foes—have taken as their theme the life and death of Mary Stuart, and it would now seem as if nothing further could be written on the subject, fascinating though it has proved. Fresh historical matter bringing new evidence, however, comes to light now and then, and the publication in France, some years ago, of such testimony is our excuse for adding a short chapter to the history of Queen Mary. That this evidence relates to her last days and death, is very welcome, for we hold that in Queen Mary's case we may specially apply her own motto, "In my end is my beginning." Her death was the crown and meaning of her long trial, and the beginning of an interest which has continued to the present day. The journal of Queen Mary's last physician, Dominique Bourgoing, published by M. Chantelauze in 1876, which recounts the events of the last seven months of Mary's life, informs us of many details hitherto unknown, while the report of the trial of which Bourgoing was an eye-witness is most valuable and interesting. Taken together with the Letters of Sir Amyas Paulet, which, although written in a very different spirit, agree in the main with Bourgoing's narrative, the journal presents us with a complete picture of the daily life of the captive Queen and the inmates of Fotheringay. In the preface to his valuable book M. Chantelauze tells us of his happy acquisition of the manuscript copy of Bourgoing's journal at Cluny, discusses the proofs of its authenticity, and refers us to the passage in Queen Mary's last letter to Pope Sixtus V., which we must consider as Bourgoing's "credentials." "Vous aurez," writes Mary, "le vrai récit de la fasson de ma dernière prise, et toutes les procédures contre moy et par moy, affin qu'entendant la vérité, les calumnies que les ennemys de l'Eglise me vouedront imposer puissent estre par vous réfutées et la vérité connue: et à cet effet ai-je vers vous envoyé ce porteur, requérant pour la fin votre sainte bénédiction."
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
THREE hundred years have passed since Brantôme wrote these lines, and his prevision has been fully verified. Writers of every opinion—friends and foes—have taken as their theme the life and death of Mary Stuart, and it would now seem as if nothing further could be written on the subject, fascinating though it has proved. Fresh historical matter bringing new evidence, however, comes to light now and then, and the publication in France, some years ago, of such testimony is our excuse for adding a short chapter to the history of Queen Mary. That this evidence relates to her last days and death, is very welcome, for we hold that in Queen Mary's case we may specially apply her own motto, "In my end is my beginning." Her death was the crown and meaning of her long trial, and the beginning of an interest which has continued to the present day. The journal of Queen Mary's last physician, Dominique Bourgoing, published by M. Chantelauze in 1876, which recounts the events of the last seven months of Mary's life, informs us of many details hitherto unknown, while the report of the trial of which Bourgoing was an eye-witness is most valuable and interesting. Taken together with the Letters of Sir Amyas Paulet, which, although written in a very different spirit, agree in the main with Bourgoing's narrative, the journal presents us with a complete picture of the daily life of the captive Queen and the inmates of Fotheringay. In the preface to his valuable book M. Chantelauze tells us of his happy acquisition of the manuscript copy of Bourgoing's journal at Cluny, discusses the proofs of its authenticity, and refers us to the passage in Queen Mary's last letter to Pope Sixtus V., which we must consider as Bourgoing's "credentials." "Vous aurez," writes Mary, "le vrai récit de la fasson de ma dernière prise, et toutes les procédures contre moy et par moy, affin qu'entendant la vérité, les calumnies que les ennemys de l'Eglise me vouedront imposer puissent estre par vous réfutées et la vérité connue: et à cet effet ai-je vers vous envoyé ce porteur, requérant pour la fin votre sainte bénédiction."

More books from Library of Alexandria

Cover of the book Pictures of German Life in XVth, XVIth, XVIIth, XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries (Complete) by Mary Monica Maxwell-Scott
Cover of the book What Women Might do with the Ballot: The Abolition of the White Slave Traffic by Mary Monica Maxwell-Scott
Cover of the book The Maker of Moons by Mary Monica Maxwell-Scott
Cover of the book Behind The Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia: an Account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence Amongst The Women of The East by Mary Monica Maxwell-Scott
Cover of the book Caprices d'un Bibliophile by Mary Monica Maxwell-Scott
Cover of the book Jess: Épisode De La Guerre Du Transvaal by Mary Monica Maxwell-Scott
Cover of the book La Reine Margot (Complete) by Mary Monica Maxwell-Scott
Cover of the book Post-Impressions: An Irresponsible Chronicle by Mary Monica Maxwell-Scott
Cover of the book The Dragon and the Raven; Or, The Days of King Alfred by Mary Monica Maxwell-Scott
Cover of the book Abraham Lincoln, Volume II by Mary Monica Maxwell-Scott
Cover of the book Shakespearean Playhouses: A History of English Theatres from the Beginnings to the Restoration by Mary Monica Maxwell-Scott
Cover of the book Notes on of Genesis by Mary Monica Maxwell-Scott
Cover of the book Ladies and Gentlemen v. Players by Mary Monica Maxwell-Scott
Cover of the book Workhouse Nursing: The Story of a Successful Experiment by Mary Monica Maxwell-Scott
Cover of the book Autobiography of Countess Tolstoy by Mary Monica Maxwell-Scott
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy