The Paradox of the Valentine Thomas Affair: English Diplomacy, Royal Correspondence and the Elizabethan Succession

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dc.contributor.authorTunstall, E.
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractIn 1598 the Catholic Valentine Thomas was apprehended near Morpeth in northern England. Thomas’s confession accused King James VI of Scotland of encouraging him to murder Queen Elizabeth I of England. Rumours of Thomas’s confession reached Scotland, transforming it into a matter of Anglo-Scottish diplomacy. This article will focus on the English political context as intensive diplomatic exchanges passed between ambassadors and through the royal correspondence in the search for a resolution. The Valentine Thomas affair was a paradox, for while the plot was minor, its connection to the Elizabethan succession debate turned it into a matter of diplomatic importance.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityElizabeth Tunstall
dc.identifier.citationParergon: Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, 2021; 38(1):65-87
dc.identifier.doi10.1353/pgn.2021.0004
dc.identifier.issn0313-6221
dc.identifier.issn1832-8334
dc.identifier.orcidTunstall, E. [0000-0003-2014-0679]
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2440/146143
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherProject MUSE
dc.rights© 2021 Elizabeth Tunstall
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1353/pgn.2021.0004
dc.subjectCatholic Valentine Thomas; Elizabethan; 1598; Queen Elizabeth I of England; murder plot; English political contex; succession; royality
dc.titleThe Paradox of the Valentine Thomas Affair: English Diplomacy, Royal Correspondence and the Elizabethan Succession
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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