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Gynaecological study of Mary, Queen of Scots finds her an “adulteress and liar”

Submitted by Milica on Thu, 2008/04/24 - 02:08. 1501 CE to 1600 CE | English | Medicine | Scottish
A new study by modern gynaecologists paints a sordid picture of the life of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, who, according to the study, was "a 'moral loose cannon', whose striking beauty and sex appeal gave Elizabeth other reasons to imprison and execute her."

The study by medical historian Lesley Smith has been published in the Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Healthcare. Smith writes, “Mary had an undoubted passion for Bothwell, her supposed kidnapper, and did not try and escape from him despite ample opportunity. By contrast, she hated Darnley and was publicly separated from him by the time of his murder. The suspicion of an affair is not a new idea, but the medical evidence brings us very much closer to the likely truth."

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