Mary Queen of Scots’ political scheming revealed in decoded missing letters
Historians, cousin Queen Elizabeth I.
In 2023, the code crushers coded the secret and was afraid of the missing letters of the 16th century ruler.
The 57 letters hidden in the French National Library were mistakenly tagged as Italian – until the Israeli computer scientist George Lasry, Japanese astrophysicist Satoshi Tomokiyo and German music professor Norbert Bieiermann.
The triple solved the password system used by the Scottish Queen Mary during his imprisonment to encrypt messages.
Since the discovery in Bibliothèque Nationale de France, historians Alex Courtney and Estelle Paranque have joined the project, and in 2027, the content of the letters to be published in a book has revealed fascinating information.
They show that letters organize a series of political plans, including Mary’s trying to manipulate Elizabeth’s Spyter Francis Walsingham. Times.
Most of the letters from 1578 to 1584 appeal to Michel de Castelnau de Castelnau De Mauvissiere, the British Ambassador, a supporter of Catholic Mary.
He asks him to feed on him, including direct instructions on what to say from him.
“To be honest, if you read the uncomfortable letters, I thought it was an idiot,” he said at the Chalke History Festival in Willshire. Times notified.
“But our passwords – if you really try to put yourself back in 1581, as if you didn’t know who won… I was reading and thinking, it will win. He’s so smart.”
In addition, his son calls him again and again from the future king James of England, and at some point he calls him “my poor baby”.
“When it can be the best strategy rhetorically, it is very good in opening water works, C Courtney said. “He is a particularly master player of his very weak hand.”
For 19 years, while under captivity in various castles in the UK, Mary communicated with its partners and allies, and made a comprehensive effort to hire the messengers and to protect confidentiality.
After being planned against Elizabeth, the codes written by Mary were found; He was guilty of Treason and his head was cut on 8 February 1587.
Speaking during the discovery of the letters, Lasry said, “After deciphering the letters, I was very, very surprised and I felt surreal.
“Previously, we broke the hidden codes from kings and queens, and they were very interesting, but it was remarkable because we had unrelened letters and very famous with the Queen of Scotland, Mary’s Queen.
“This is a really exciting discovery.”
