586. Mary, Queen of Scots: The Battle for Scotland (Part 3)

The Rest Is History

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🗓️ 27 July 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Following the death of her husband, the King of France, was the glamorous Mary welcomed back to Scotland, her kingdom since infancy, with open arms or deep suspicion? Did she handle the precarious situation in which she found herself well, or recklessly? Did the majority of Scottish nobles side with Mary, or plot to usurp her in the shadows? When her eye turned on the crown of her wealthier neighbour, England, how did its reigning queen, Elizabeth I, react? And, who was the man that Mary choose to take as her second husband…? Join Tom and Dominic as they discuss Mary Queen of Scots’ polarising return to her native land of Scotland, riven by religious factionalism and political disquiet, and the terrible dangers of being a Scottish queen in more than name alone. The Rest Is History Club: Become a member for exclusive bonus content, early access to full series and live show tickets, ad-free listening, our exclusive newsletter, discount book prices on titles mentioned on the pod, and our members’ chatroom on Discord. Just head to therestishistory.com to sign up, or start a free trial today on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/therestishistory. For more Goalhanger Podcasts, head to www.goalhanger.com _______ Twitter: @TheRestHistory @holland_tom @dcsandbrook Producer: Theo Young-Smith Assistant Producer: Tabby Syrett + Aaliyah Akude Executive Producers: Jack Davenport + Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to The Rest is History.
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0:13.2	That is, the rest is history.com. If princes exceed their bounds, madam, no doubt they should be resisted, even by power.
0:34.0	There is neither greater honour, no greater obedience to be given to kings or princes than God has commanded to be given to father and mother.
0:43.8	But madam, the father may be stricken with a frenzy in which he would slay his own children.
0:50.8	Now madam, if the children arise, join themselves together, apprehend the father, take the sword or other weapons from him, and finally bind his hands and keep him in prison until his frenzy be overpassed.
1:06.0	Think ye, madam, that the children do any wrong?
1:09.5	That's even so, madam, with princes that would
1:12.4	murder the children of God that are subject under them. To take the sword from them, to bind
1:18.7	their hands, and to cast them into prison until they be brought to a more sober mind. There's no
1:24.7	disobedience against princes, but just obedience, because it agreeeth with the will of God.
1:32.2	At these words, the Queen stood as if it were amazed for more than a quarter of an hour.
1:38.4	Her countenance altered, so the Lord James began to entreat her and to demand,
1:43.8	"'What has offended you, madam?
1:46.5	At length, she said,
1:48.2	Well, then, I perceive that my subject shall obey you, and not me,
1:52.5	and shall do what they list, and not what I command,
1:55.5	and so must I be subject to them, and they not to me.
2:00.4	So that was a real variety of accents.
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