Mary Queen of Scots: the 'daughter of debate'.
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©FSRH J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 2008: 34(2) Mary Stuart – the woman Mary Stuart, known as Mary Queen of Scots, was a remarkable specimen of humanity. She was 5'11" in height when the average woman was around 4'11", so she was the equivalent of a woman 6'5" by modern standards and probably one of the tallest women in Europe. With thick glossy red hair almost to her waist, she spoke five languages, was well educated and queen of two nations, Scotland (at 6 days old) and France (at 16 years of age). According to the Catholic Church, which held sway over the vast majority of Europe, Mary was the legitimate heir to the English throne, as Henry VII was her great grandfather, Henry VIII her great uncle and Elizabeth I her second cousin. Henry’s marriage to Anne Boleyn was not recognised by the Catholic Church as a divorce had not been granted and Elizabeth had been declared a bastard by her own father. Elizabeth had Parliament reverse her bastardisation, as they had previously done for her halfsister Mary Tudor, who reigned before her as Mary I. Mary Stuart presented a fit and healthy body. She was the first woman to play golf at St Andrews, had her own billiard table, and on one occasion rode 40 miles sidesaddle in a single day to be with James Hepburn, who later became her third husband. Mary Stuart was also beautiful and very sexually attractive. Unlike Elizabeth, Mary was prepared to marry and had borne a son. She was also 9 years younger than Elizabeth. All in all, Mary Queen of Scots was a very dangerous creature to the unmarried Protestant Elizabeth, and her physical presence made her positively intoxicating to anyone who met her.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The journal of family planning and reproductive health care
دوره 34 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008