Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded for treason in the Great Hall of Fotheringhay Castle in England by order of her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I, on this day in history, Feb. 8, 1587. The Queen of Scotland ...

A trove of long-lost letters written in code by Mary, Queen of Scots, has been discovered and deciphered by an international team of codebreakers. Mary Stuart, who was first in line to succeed Queen ...

Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Letters sent by Mary, Queen of Scots in the 16th century while she was ...

Anna Groundwater, a curator at National Museums Scotland, talked about the particular appeal of pieces related to Mary, Queen of Scots. By Susanne Fowler The messages, written while she was imprisoned ...

Communications by important people over the past thousands of years have been regularly encrypted, making the breaking of this encryption both an essential and also a fascinating historical field. One ...

This weekend, “Mary Stuart — A New Translation” by BT Hayes ’22, featuring Regan McCall ’22, will take the stage at the Wallace Theater in the Lewis Center for the Arts Complex. In “Mary Stuart,” the ...