Description
Book SynopsisIn Mary Queen of Scots: The First Biography, Ronald Santangeli has recovered a long-forgotten document of great historiographical, literary and cultural importance. Written in 1624 in Neo-Latin by George Con, a young expatriate Scot in Rome, the Vita Mariae Stuartae is worthy of study, both for its content and its literary dimension. The fully recensed Latin text is presented with a meticulous translation into English and a fully-annotated commentary. The image Con creates of the Scottish Queen has prevailed in European cultural representations from poetry and drama to novels, paintings and opera, while Con's own meteoric career highlights the impact on seventeenth-century Catholic Europe by members of the Scottish diaspora. A significant addition to Marian and Scottish Neo-Latin studies.
Table of ContentsForeword Acknowledgments List of Figures Introduction Part 1 A Brief Life: George Con (c. 1598–1640) 1 Two Baroque Tombs 2 From Douai to Bologna 3 The Nexus of Patronage 4 The Young Diplomat 5 London and the Court of Queen Henrietta 6 Return to Rome Afterword Part 2 Con and the Counter-Reformation 7 Con versus Buchanan 8 Con’s Account of the Execution of Mary 9 Stands Scotland Where It Did? Part 3 Vita Mariae Stuartae 10 The Biography and Con’s Sources 11 Con’s Latin 12 The Speeches Note on Latin Text The Latin Transcription Note on Translation and Commentary Part 4 Vita Mariae Stuartae / The Life of Mary Stuart Dedicatory Preface The Life of MARY STUART Queen of Scotland, Dowager Queen of France, Heir to the Throne of England and of Ireland Appendix 1: The Latin Epitaphs of Thomas Chambers to George Con Appendix 2: The Diamond Poem Appendix 3: The Bastard’s Visit to Mary in France: Lesley’s Account Appendix 4: The Mission of Nicholas de Gouda Appendix 5: George Con’s account of the Battle of Glenlivet Appendix 6: The Enforced Abdication of Mary: Blackwood’s Account Appendix 7: Bassiano Gatti’s Poema Heroico Maria Regina di Scozia Bibliography Index
