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Alexander Courtney @dralexcourtney.bsky.social · 13d

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‘Marie Stuart: l’énigme des lettres codées’ @artefr.bsky.social
#earlymodern #renaissance #monarchy #history

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Alexander Courtney @dralexcourtney.bsky.social · 15d

Coming soon on @pbs.org : Cracking the Queen’s Code

22 October
#SecretsOfTheDead
#EarlyModern #History #MaryQueenofScots

youtu.be/lOvLU47e9vc

Secrets of the Dead Returns to PBS | October 2025

YouTube video by Secrets of the Dead PBS

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Alexander Courtney @dralexcourtney.bsky.social · 17d

Ha ha! Yes - until his next opportunity to do otherwise…

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Alexander Courtney @dralexcourtney.bsky.social · 18d

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Alexander Courtney @dralexcourtney.bsky.social · 18d

For ‘famously’ read ‘allegedly’, in my view. The ‘evidence’ concerning Buchanan’s schooling of James VI has been much misunderstood.

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Alexander Courtney @dralexcourtney.bsky.social · 19d

📣 A regarder ce soir sur ARTE !!!

Le documentaire passionant d’Augustin Viatte sur la découverte des lettres codées de Marie Stuart @labnf.bsky.social
@artefr.bsky.social @royalstudies.bsky.social

#earlymodern #renaissance #StuartSaturday #ScotsHistory

www.lemonde.fr/culture/arti...

A regarder ce soir : « Marie Stuart, l’énigme des lettres codées » sur Arte

Le documentaire relate comment trois « codebreakers » ont décrypté les correspondances de la reine maudite après sa mort. Une grande aventure du déchiffrement.

www.lemonde.fr

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ARTE @artefr.bsky.social · 23d

Seuls des rois de la cryptanalyse pouvaient percer le mystère des lettres codées d'une reine ✍️

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Alexander Courtney @dralexcourtney.bsky.social · 24d

The wonderful documentary of my friends George, Norbert and Satoshi’s discovery and decipherment of #MaryQueenofScots lost letters.

Beautifully crafted by writer and director Augustin Viatte.

On @artefr.bsky.social online now and on TV 🇫🇷🇩🇪 27 September.👇

#earlymodern #history

ARTE Pro @artepro.bsky.social · 26d

📝 Sur @artefr.bsky.social le 27.09 / déjà en ligne : le doc "Marie Stuart, l'énigme des lettres codées" d’Augustin Viatte retrace le destin tragique de "la reine maudite" et l'aventure palpitante du décryptage de sa correspondance secrète. #Histoire

Marie Stuart, l’énigme des lettres codées - Regarder le documentaire complet | ARTE

Début 2023, trois "casseurs de code" amateurs annoncent avoir retrouvé et déchiffré une cinquantaine de missives de Marie Stuart. Ce documentaire retrace en parallèle le destin tragique de la reine d’...

www.arte.tv

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Alexander Courtney @dralexcourtney.bsky.social · 24d

The wonderful documentary of my friends George, Norbert and Satoshi’s discovery and decipherment of #MaryQueenofScots lost letters.

Beautifully crafted by writer and director Augustin Viatte.

On @artefr.bsky.social online now and on TV 🇫🇷🇩🇪 27 September.👇

#earlymodern #history

ARTE Pro @artepro.bsky.social · 26d

📝 Sur @artefr.bsky.social le 27.09 / déjà en ligne : le doc "Marie Stuart, l'énigme des lettres codées" d’Augustin Viatte retrace le destin tragique de "la reine maudite" et l'aventure palpitante du décryptage de sa correspondance secrète. #Histoire

Marie Stuart, l’énigme des lettres codées - Regarder le documentaire complet | ARTE

Début 2023, trois "casseurs de code" amateurs annoncent avoir retrouvé et déchiffré une cinquantaine de missives de Marie Stuart. Ce documentaire retrace en parallèle le destin tragique de la reine d’...

www.arte.tv

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Alexander Courtney @dralexcourtney.bsky.social · 25d

Chamberlain’s letters are great. Thanks for sharing. Tripping on the stairs needn’t mean James was tipsy, of course, and the existence of the newsletter suggests that the fall was not covered up.

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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · Sep 5

New podcast episode available in French! Join our host @vic-de-valois.bsky.social and guest speaker Fanny Giraudier as they discuss the "Violence à la cour française" conference.

Listen here or on your favourite podcast platform : www.buzzsprout.com/1934722/epis...

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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · Sep 15

📣Calling all new research students in history & historical subjects. Do you want to learn how the IHR can help you during your studies?

Join us on the 8 October to find out more.

@royalhistsoc.org @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social @historyandpolicy.bsky.social @chppc.bsky.social

bit.ly/41UPOyG

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Alexander Courtney @dralexcourtney.bsky.social · Sep 14

It’s wonderful public interest in James VI & I’s life and reign is rising, AND that readers can turn to several new books about him.📚

Here are Steven Veerapen, Clare Jackson, Steven Reid and me discussing our man; Laura Stewart chairing.
#Stuarts #KingJames400 #History #Tudors #earlymodern

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Alexander Courtney @dralexcourtney.bsky.social · Sep 4

James VI of Scotland became Elizabeth’s successor peacefully and was welcomed into England, people’s ‘eyes flaming nothing but sparks of affection’ towards him (as he put it).

There was no better supported claimant; no one with a stronger claim.

#Tudors #KingJames400 #history #earlymodern

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Alexander Courtney @dralexcourtney.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thank you, Neil. This is most kind! I really enjoy that moment of Jacobean political psalmody!

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Alexander Courtney @dralexcourtney.bsky.social · Sep 3

Did the dying Elizabeth I signal that she approved of James VI as her successor? Who knows?! What matters is the story’s meaning.

It’s well known that accounts were circulated by English officials as a supplementary argument for James’s lawful claim.
#Tudors #KingJames400 #earlymodern

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Alexander Courtney @dralexcourtney.bsky.social · Sep 2

Cynthia Fry’s thesis is marvellous - a must-read.

My view is that, yes, the succession was his great goal - not his ‘single’ goal as he didn’t have that luxury.

He was ‘bovvered’ but he was also adept at not making his ‘face look bovvered’!

(One for discussion on BBC Breakfast 🤔?!)

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Alexander Courtney @dralexcourtney.bsky.social · Sep 2

Several people have written about this since the 1590s.

I have addressed how James defended his claim (against the doubters and the haters!) here:

www.routledge.com/James-VI-Bri...

#earlymodern

James VI, Britannic Prince: King of Scots and Elizabeth’s Heir, 1566–1603

By drawing upon recent scholarship, original manuscript materials, and previously unpublished sources, this new biography presents an analytical narrative of King James VI & I’s life from his birth in...

www.routledge.com

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Alexander Courtney @dralexcourtney.bsky.social · Sep 2

Q. Who had the strongest claim to succeed Elizabeth I? Answer: James VI (as was widely accepted at the time).

Here, though, is the succession according to an opponent of James’s claim, Robert Persons, in 1594/5. An elaborate effort to muddy the waters.

#Tudors #KingJames400 #earlymodern

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Alexander Courtney @dralexcourtney.bsky.social · Aug 29

Thanks, Gabby! I’m thrilled!

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Alexander Courtney @dralexcourtney.bsky.social · Aug 29

Excited to share that I’ve been elected to an IHR Fellowship! ☺️

I have been supported by, and have learnt so much from, many #earlymodern scholars
@ihr.bsky.social over the years.

I’m thrilled now to have the opportunity to join the Institute and contribute to its work in this way.

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Alexander Courtney @dralexcourtney.bsky.social · Aug 28

Marie Stuart, l’énigme des lettres codées

Prochainement sur ARTE:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8v6...

#MaryQueenofScots #earlymodern #Stuarts #history

Marie Stuart, l'énigme des lettres codées | Documentaire | ARTE

YouTube video by ARTE Presse

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Alexander Courtney @dralexcourtney.bsky.social · Aug 27

Norenges be not ye onlie fruict!

What is the reference for Copley’s tale, Neil?

Great posting!

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Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · Aug 7

Many congratulations to my colleague Emily Vine on the publication of her first monograph! 🎉🥳

Emily expertly explores the crowded metropolis as a place where households of different faiths coexisted during a period of intense change (1605-1780).

#EarlyModern 🗃️

Emily Vine @emilymayvine.bsky.social · Aug 7

Delighted that the print copies of my first book 'Birth, Death, and Domestic Religion in early modern London', just published with @universitypress.cambridge.org, have arrived! 📚📚📚

A photo of the author holding up a copy of her book, which has a red cover.

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Jérémie Foa @anakroniks.bsky.social · Aug 6

Le 26 août à 21h sur France 2 !

Tuer au nom de Dieu, un film de Hugues Nancy, librement inspiré de Tous ceux qui tombent !

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