Goodbye Renaissance

Posted by Lorri Brown Jun 13, 2007

As Spring turns to summer, I think it is time to bid adieu to the Renaissance. While there is still much more that can be written on this, my favorite of historical periods, I think that it is time to move on. The question remains…where to next? Should we go directly into the era of Absolutism, complete with men in powdered wigs and high heels? Or perhaps we should jump further ahead, to the First World War?

Both of these areas are fairly foreign to me, since I haven’t studied them since college. Any input from my faithful readers would help me decide what to write next. In the same style as my Luxembourg series, I will be writing a short history (very short indeed) of Lichtenstein and in honor of the upcoming Tour de France, a history of the Basque people, who make the Orbea racing bikes,

On a separate note, I am going to be posting a short series about Mary, Queen of Scots on the British Isle History Page. Subjects will include the early life of Mary, her girlhood in France, her father James V, her son James VI (James I of England) and her second and third husbands, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley and the Scots rogue Francis Bothwell. I will also include some information on the major players of the Scottish court during Mary’s reign, including Matthew Stuart, the Earl of Lennox and James Stewart, Earl of Moray (Mary’s half brother.)

Because there is some much information on Mary and her kin, I will make a valiant effort to clarify as much as possible, especially the reasons for her twenty year stay in the Tower of London and her execution by her cousin, Elizabeth I.