Showing posts with label Mary Queen of Scots. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mary Queen of Scots. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

mapping lord darnley's murder


contemporary sketch map of 1567 murder (from 1576?)

The Mermaid and the Hare


This placard denounced Mary Queen of Scots and Bothwell soon after the Darnley murder, and certainly suggests a popular reaction to the murder in Scotland if not a fully developed public sphere there in the mid-sixteenth century.
 

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