The Afterlife Of Mary, Queen Of Scots

Edited by Reid, Steven J.
Short description/annotation:
Presents a new way of examining the historical significance and endurance of Mary, Queen of Scots
Description:
Mary Queen of Scots (1542-1587) was active as monarch of Scotland for just six years between 1561 and 1567, but her impact as a ruler in Scotland is much less important than her subsequent role in popular culture and imagination. Her story has enjoyed perpetual retelling and reached a global audience over the past four and a half centuries. This collection surveys the exceptionally varied range of objects, literature, art and media that have been produced to commemorate Mary between her own time and the present day. Why is her story so enduring, pervasive, and of such interest to so many different audiences? How have the narratives associated with these objects evolved in response to shifting cultural attitudes? The collection offers a much-needed novel perspective on the Queen of Scots, using an approach at the intersection of early modern, gender and cultural history, museum and heritage studies, and memory studies.
Description:
Mary Queen of Scots (1542-1587) was active as monarch of Scotland for just six years between 1561 and 1567, but her impact as a ruler in Scotland is much less important than her subsequent role in popular culture and imagination. Her story has enjoyed perpetual retelling and reached a global audience over the past four and a half centuries. This collection surveys the exceptionally varied range of objects, literature, art and media that have been produced to commemorate Mary between her own time and the present day. Why is her story so enduring, pervasive, and of such interest to so many different audiences? How have the narratives associated with these objects evolved in response to shifting cultural attitudes? The collection offers a much-needed novel perspective on the Queen of Scots, using an approach at the intersection of early modern, gender and cultural history, museum and heritage studies, and memory studies.
Table of contents:
Introduction: The Afterlife of Mary, Queen of Scots: Themes and Paradigms - Steven J. ReidPart 1: Mary in Contemporary Objects Chapter 1. Damnatio Memoriae: Mary, Queen of Scots’ Iconography and the Ham House Portrait of Sir John Maitland of Thirlestane - David A.H.B. Taylor Chapter 2. New Perspectives on the Sheffield Portraits of Mary, Queen of Scots including the Discovery of a New Related Contemporary Portrait - Caroline Rae Chapter 3. Memorializing (in) Mary, Queen of Scots’ Books of Hours - Emily Wingfield Chapter 4. The Afterlives of Mary’s letters - Jade Scott and Alison Wiggins Part 2: Mary in Literature and History Chapter 5. Editing and Collecting Mary Queen of Scots in the Eighteenth Century: James Anderson (1662-1728) and Dr William Hunter (1718-1783) - Michelle H. Craig Chapter 6. The Battle for Memory: the Reception of Mary, Queen of Scots in the Eighteenth-century Periodical Press - Rhona Brown Chapter 7. ‘Deeply impressed upon the imagination’: the Return of Mary in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries - Gerard Carruthers Chapter 8. ‘A tracked and hunted creature’: Mary, Queen of Scots and the Histories of David Hay Fleming, Andrew Lang, Gordon Donaldson and Antonia Fraser - Catriona M. M. Macdonald Chapter 9. Re-imagining Mary, Queen of Scots in Contemporary Scottish Women’s Writing - Nia Clark Part 3: Collecting and Displaying Mary Chapter 10. Collecting and Exhibiting Marian Objects in Nineteenth-Century Britain - Julie Holder Chapter 11. ‘The most interesting apartment in Scotland’: the History and Presentation of Mary, Queen of Scots’ Chambers at the Palace of Holyroodhouse - Deborah Clarke Chapter 12. Materialising Mary in a Museum: Marian Objects and Authenticity - Anna Groundwater Part 4: Mary in Media Chapter 13. Minstrels of Maelstroms: Mary’s Musical After