From The Scotsman:
Deep in an archive, more than two dozen letters written by Mary, Queen of Scots, lie largely unseen for centuries.
Many are written in a secret code as Mary fought to preserve and protect the Catholic faith in Scotland after the 1560 Reformation which saw the country break with Rome.
But soon the letters, which in recent years have only been seen by a select group of historians, will be available to view on-line.
Visitors to the Scottish Catholic Archives website will be able to examine the letters, which also contain details of Mary’s power struggle with her Protestant cousin, Queen Elizabeth, who was on the throne in England. The struggle eventually led to Mary’s execution in 1587.
Scottish Catholic Archives website
(Thanks to Linda for the reminder of this article… it fell through the cracks during the computer migration!)
The letters are part of a collection of 250,00 items on the origins and history of the Catholic Church Archbishop Beaton was Mary Queen of Scots Ambassador to France. The letters are written in French express Mary’s concerns over the political turmoil in Scotland following the Reformation.
It will be interesting to see if she was plotting to take active control.