{"product_id":"mary-queen-of-scots-the-first-biography-with-the-life-and-times-of-its-author-george-con-9789004529403","title":"Mary Queen of Scots: The First Biography: With the Life and Times of Its Author, George Con","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword  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","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210858062167,"sku":"9789004529403","price":124.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mary-queen-of-scots-the-first-biography-with-the-life-and-times-of-its-author-george-con-9789004529403","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}