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Casket Letters
Casket Letters. The contents of a small silver casket, uncovered in 1567, allegedly incriminating Mary Stuart and her lover Bothwell in the murder of her second husband Lord Darnley. The papers consist of eight letters from Mary to Bothwell, a sequence of ‘sonnets’ (totalling 158 lines), and two contracts for the marriage of Mary to Bothwell. The authenticity of the material cannot now be certainly established as the originals vanished in 1584. However, surviving copies suggest that, while not outright forgeries, the material was clumsily doctored by Mary's opponents at the York–Westminster conference in 1568–9.
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JOHN CANNON. "Casket Letters." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Casket Letters." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-CasketLetters.html JOHN CANNON. "Casket Letters." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-CasketLetters.html |
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Casket Letters
Casket Letters letters, establishing her complicity in the murder of Darnley, supposed to have been passed between Mary Queen of Scots and Bothwell. They were repudiated by the queen as forgeries, but it was threatened that they would be used as evidence against her. They disappeared before the end of the 16th century.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Casket Letters." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Casket Letters." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-CasketLetters.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Casket Letters." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-CasketLetters.html |
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Casket Letters
Casket Letters The contents of a small silver casket, uncovered in 1567, allegedly incriminating Mary Stuart in the murder of her second husband Lord Darnley. Surviving copies suggest that, while not outright forgeries, the material was clumsily doctored by Mary's opponents.
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JOHN CANNON. "Casket Letters." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Casket Letters." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-CasketLetters.html JOHN CANNON. "Casket Letters." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-CasketLetters.html |
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Casket Letters
Casket Letters, letters supposed to have passed between Mary Queen of Scots and Bothwell, and to have established her complicity in the murder of Darnley. They were repudiated by the queen as forgeries. They disappeared before the end of the 16th cent.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Casket Letters." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Casket Letters." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-CasketLetters.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Casket Letters." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-CasketLetters.html |
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Casket Letters see Mary Queen of Scots . |
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"Casket Letters." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Casket Letters." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-CasketLe.html "Casket Letters." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-CasketLe.html |
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