Mary Queen of Scots

It can be argued that a member of individuals contributed to death of Mary Queen Scots; Elizabeth, her advisers, foreign powers and Mary herself. To what extent was Mary responsible for her own death? In 1567 Scotland rebelled against their Catholic Queen, Mary. She was imprisoned at Loch Leven castle where she remained until her escape in May 1568 when she fled to England. This was the action which triggered a series of events leading to her …

…have been avoided. In 1571 the problem of Mary Queen of Scots reached its climax. The Florentine, Ridolfi plotted to bring Mary to the throne with the Duke of Norfolk as her consort. This proved that Elizabeth’s earlier reaction to this relationship had been the right one. Again, the rebellion failed but this time the Duke of Walsingham managed to intercept a letter proving that both Mary and Norfolk were key figures in the plot.