Foreign Correspondence With Marie De Lorraine Queen of Scotland: From the Originals in the Balcarres Papers 1537-1548. E-book. Formato PDF Scottish History Society   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

The foreign correspondence of Marie de Lorraine, Queen of Scotland from 1538 till 1560, contained in the Balcarres Papers at the Advocates' Library and in a collection at the Register House, covers a period of about twenty years, from the time of her marriage till shortly before her death. The bulk of the correspondence is due to the family and dependants of the House of Guise. This does not mean that the letters are chiefly domestic; for, after the accession of Henri II., the Duke of Aumale and his brother the Cardinal, being among the King's most intimate advisers, naturally have much to say on matters of State. The domestic letters are only those of her mother the Duchess of Guise, her sisters, and her son, with occasional communications, chiefly formal, from her uncles and other relations by marriage. There are fewer letters on affairs of the kingdoms before 1542, as until that date the Queen had no share in the government, although in one letter from the Duchess of Guise there is a hint of increasing influence with the King. Until 1542 we have mainly family news, news of friends, of the administration of the Queen's estates in France, of the movements of the French court, the wars and the part her family play in them; but there is also some indication of the Queen's interest in the development of her new country.

Records of the Earldom of Orkney: 1299-1614. E-book. Formato PDF Scottish History Society   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

More recently the present editor, in a series of papers contributed to the Old Lore Miscellany and the Saga Book of the Viking Society from 1909 to 1912, covered most of the ground dealt with in the following Introduction; though later information has enabled him to amplify, and occasion ally to correct, these essays. Finally, Mr. A. W. Johnston has lately (october 1913) published an Introduction to the O. L. Records, which also covers this ground, but comes to a number of quite different conclusions. The editor feels with regard to such of these conclusions as fall within the scope of his own Introduction, that it is only due to Mr. Johnston's reputation as editor of the O. L. Records to state clearly why he differs from them.