Mary Queen Of Scots Research Paper

Have you ever heard of the name Mary Queen of Scots? She was the cousin of Elizabeth 1. She was born December 8, 1542. Mary Queen of Scots, was Scotland’s last Roman Catholic ruler. She died on February 8, 1587. Mary reigned from December 14, 1542 until July 24, 1567.
She fought many personal and political battles before she was fatally caught in the post-Reformation cross fire between Catholics and Protestants. In order to escape Scotland’s volatile Political situation, the young queen went to France. There she was educated amidst the splendor of King Henry 11’s court and married the French crown prince, Francis. After her husband died in 1560, Mary returned to Scotland to find that religious tensions had intensified during her

years abroad. Her attempts to unite her divided nation were thwarted when her next two marriages ended in scandals that fueled the attacks of her Protestant enemies.
The world without Mary queen of Scots would be very weird because after her father died who would have taken the throne.

Her uncle would not have made a bid for control. Mary was to young to be queen when her father died, so she couldn't take control. Her mother took control until Mary was old enough. Her mother was French. The Scots had an alliance with the French. Mary wouldn't have been a widow at 18 when her husband died from an ear infection. She wouldn't have to keep marrying different men.

Without Mary Queen of Scots we wouldn't know who the last Roman Catholic ruler would be. Her last two marriages wouldn't have ended in scandals and it would have fueled the attacks of her Protestant enemies. People wouldn't consider her a religious and national Martyr, and others wouldn't consider her a deceitful murderess, whose true religion was an ambition unchecked by morality.
Mary adapted at a young age to becoming queen. When she married her first husband she was already queen. Even though she spent most her time in France she was groomed to become the wife of the future King of France. When she married the King of France she became the queen of France and Scotland. She had many historical contributions. She created an alliance with the Scots and the French

leaders.
Her life took a turn when her husband died. Mary Queen of Scots was catholic and her presence caused a lot of issues with her cousin Elizabeth 1. It took Elizabeth 1 a long time to make her final decision. After twenty years she finally decided to behead Mary. Elizabeth 1 was more afraid of killing Mary because she would lose the alliance with Scotland.
In 1568 Mary escaped from prison and raised an army but gat defeated.

After she got defeated she fled to England. Queen Elizabeth welcomed Mary back, but she found out about the plans. When she found out about the plans she put Mary under house arrest. Years went by before Mary was put on trial. She was guilty for complicity and she was sentenced to death.
Mary Queen of Scots had many contributions to history in life. After twenty years of imprisonment she was beheaded. She was beheaded because she was apart of a plan to murder Queen Elizabeth 1. Mary became the focus of English Catholic and Spanish plots to overthrow Elizabeth. In 1586 a major plot to murder Elizabeth was reported. As one of the most colorful queens in history, the life of Mary Stuart is still shrouded in mystery.
Mary inherited a land only beginning to feel the tremors of religious conflict. Hers would be a difficult reign of transition her father's kingdom had been Catholic while her own rule would be labor a constant struggles as the Scottish nation suffered the birth pangs of the new Protestant religion. Caught between two faiths, Mary would be scorned by both sides and forced to rely on her own political judgement which many historians say was sorely

lacking.
In September Beaton had Mary officially crowned as queen in a small solemn ceremony aimed at assuring the Scots that the real power rested in Catholic hands- the hands of Mary Stuart. But the cardinal was powerless to stop the governing lords of Scotland. By the Treaties of Greenwich signed on July 1, 1543, and ratified by the regent in Edinburgh in August, the Scottish parliament promised Mary to the English prince upon her 11th birthday.The Treaty was quite unpopular with the Scots, especially considering Henry’s suspicious attempts to change the terms of the agreement so that he could gain actual possession of the baby sever years before the marriage. The Catholics also opposed Henry’s demand that Scotland break their traditional alliance with the Catholic nation of France.