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Article: Mary of Guise in Scotland, 1548-1560: A Political Career.(Reviews of Books)(Book Review)
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- March 22, 2004
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2004 North American Conference on British Studies. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Pamela E. Ritchie. Mary of Guise in Scotland, 1548-1560: A Political Career. East Linton, U. K.: Tuckwell Press. 2002. Pp. xiv, 306. $31.95 paper. ISBN 1-86232-184-1.
Mary of Guise has remained a controversial, yet often neglected, figure in the religious and dynastic politics of the years leading up to the Reformation in Scotland. She has traditionally been portrayed in a negative light by an older and partisan historical approach to the nature of the Reformation in Scotland. This new book, based on Pamela Ritchie's dissertation at St. Andrews University, challenges this negative view and claims to be "the first full-scale study of Mary of Guise's political ...
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