Lots of places in Scotland claim a link to our most famous monarch, but it was in Glasgow that Mary Queen of Scots suffered her final, and most devastating, defeat.
The Battle of Langside lasted less than an hour, and the queen’s army suffered heavy losses before she fled over the countryside to England.The 58ft-high memorial, designed by Alexander Skirving, on the corner of Langside Avenue and Battlefield Road, commemorates Mary’s most famous association with Glasgow, but the city has also recently mounted a new exhibition which examines our enduring fascination with the famous queen who was born 480 years ago this week on December 8, 1542.
Drawing on the vast array of objects related to the Scottish queen in the university’s collections, it covers themes such as Princess, Queen and Captive; From Power to Romance; and Iconic Mary. The exhibition begins with objects dating from Mary’s own time, then turns to the countless conflicting, emotionally charged and sometimes enigmatic depictions of her across the centuries, before considering what she means to Scots today.
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