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Victorian Representations Of Mary, Queen Of Scots And Elizabeth I, Grace K. Butkowski
Victorian Representations Of Mary, Queen Of Scots And Elizabeth I, Grace K. Butkowski
Honors Theses, 1963-2015
The rivalry of Mary, Queen of Scots and her English cousin Elizabeth I is a storied one that has consumed both popular and historical imaginations since the two queens reigned in the sixteenth century. It is often portrayed as a tale of contrasts: on one end, Gloriana with her fabled red hair and virginity, the bastion of British culture and Protestant values, valiantly defending England against the schemes of the Spanish and their Armada. On the other side is Mary, Queen of Scots, the enchanting and seductive French-raised Catholic, whose series of tragic, murderous marriages gave birth to both the …