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A paper which looks at the extent to which Mary Stuart presented a credible threat to the English throne, with reference to her upbringing, her religious affiliations, and her lack of political acumen in comparison to Elizabeth. Bibliography lists 2 sources
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Mary Stuart might be regarded as a credible threat to the English throne depends not so much on her legitimacy in comparison to Elizabeths, but on Marys own difficulties with
statecraft at a time when the political situation between England and Scotland was extremely complex.
Any assessment of the political acumen of Mary is generally made in comparison to that of her cousin Elizabeth: a comparison which tends to reflect
unfavourably on Mary, since Elizabeth was undoubtedly the more astute and politically competent of the two. Mary is often portrayed as gullible and wayward by comparison, perceived as being swayed
by her advisers, especially Bothwell, and more concerned with her romantic entanglements than with the well-being of her country. However, this is not entirely accurate: because of the political climate
of Scotland and England at the time, and the way in which the role of women in general was perceived, Mary can be considered as a rather more complex political
figure than is often assumed.
David (2004) makes the point that in the first place, Mary was not groomed to rule Scotland in the way that Elizabeth anticipated taking the English throne. It appears that
virtually from her birth, she was regarded as a marriage pawn rather than an individual with the potential to reign in her own right, a societal role which followed her
throughout her life. One can see, for instance, that from the beginning of her life she was not regarded as a future monarch in her own right, but rather as
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