Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- TRANSLATORS' PREFACE
- Contents
- BOOK I THE CHIEF CRISES IN THE EARLIER HISTORY OF ENGLAND
- BOOK II ATTEMPTS TO CONSOLIDATE THE KINGDOM INDEPENDENTLY IN ITS TEMPORAL AND SPIRITUAL RELATIONS
- BOOK III QUEEN ELIZABETH. CLOSE CONNEXION OF ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH AFFAIRS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAP. I Elizabeth's accession. Triumph of the Reformation
- CHAP. II Outlines of the Reformation in Scotland
- CHAP. III Mary Stuart in Scotland. Relation of the two Queens to each other
- CHAP. IV Interdependence of the European dissensions in Politics and Religion
- CHAP. V The fate of Mary Stuart
- CHAP. VI The Invincible Armada
- CHAP. VII The later years of Queen Elizabeth
- BOOK IV FOUNDATION OF THE KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN. FIRST DISTURBANCES UNDER THE STUARTS
- BOOK V DISPUTES WITH PARLIAMENT DURING THE LATER YEARS OF THE REIGN OF JAMES I AND THE EARLIER YEARS OF THE REIGN OF CHARLES I
CHAP. III - Mary Stuart in Scotland. Relation of the two Queens to each other
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 June 2011
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- TRANSLATORS' PREFACE
- Contents
- BOOK I THE CHIEF CRISES IN THE EARLIER HISTORY OF ENGLAND
- BOOK II ATTEMPTS TO CONSOLIDATE THE KINGDOM INDEPENDENTLY IN ITS TEMPORAL AND SPIRITUAL RELATIONS
- BOOK III QUEEN ELIZABETH. CLOSE CONNEXION OF ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH AFFAIRS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAP. I Elizabeth's accession. Triumph of the Reformation
- CHAP. II Outlines of the Reformation in Scotland
- CHAP. III Mary Stuart in Scotland. Relation of the two Queens to each other
- CHAP. IV Interdependence of the European dissensions in Politics and Religion
- CHAP. V The fate of Mary Stuart
- CHAP. VI The Invincible Armada
- CHAP. VII The later years of Queen Elizabeth
- BOOK IV FOUNDATION OF THE KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN. FIRST DISTURBANCES UNDER THE STUARTS
- BOOK V DISPUTES WITH PARLIAMENT DURING THE LATER YEARS OF THE REIGN OF JAMES I AND THE EARLIER YEARS OF THE REIGN OF CHARLES I
Summary
People were now fully satisfied that they had obtained something great, and had laid a firm foundation for secure relations throughout all future time : but it became clear at once that this was not the case. Francis II and his wife seemed to have forgotten that they had promised on their royal word, in the instructions to their ambassadors, to accept whatever they should arrange: they refused to ratify the treaty of Edinburgh. For it was really concluded by the Queen of England with men in rebellion against them, by whom it was chiefly subscribed. They regarded it as an insult that the Scots deputed an embassy of great lords to England, whilst the request to confirm all that was arranged in Scotland was laid before them, their Queen and their King, by a gentleman of less distinguished birth. They felt themselves highly injured by a Parliament being called even before they had ratified the treaty, without any authorisation on their side. How were they to accept its resolutions? Francis II on the contrary said, he would prove to the Scots that they had no power to meet together in their own name, just as if they were a republic. And as little was he inclined to give up the title and arms of England according to the treaty: he said he had hitherto borne them with good right, and saw no reason to give satisfaction to others, before he had received any himself.
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- A History of EnglandPrincipally in the Seventeenth Century, pp. 254 - 279Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1875