The marriage of the Thistle and the Rose
- This event is in the past
- 14:00 - 15:00 BST
- £6.00
- Adults
Booking for this event will close at 12:00 on 7 August 2023. This is a digital event facilitated by Zoom. Your link to access this digital event will be sent the day before the event. Please note your ticket is for the device on which you watch the event regardless of the number of people watching on that device (for example, if two people are watching from the same device in the same room, you only need one ticket).
The marriage of James IV and Margaret Tudor, a union that sought to bind ‘auld enemies’ in perpetual peace, took place on 8 August 1503, but in reality it was a ceremonial event of extraordinary proportions over several weeks. Beginning with Margaret’s departure from Richmond and ending with festivities and jousts for days after the marriage, this was a major investment for both monarchs involved, and particularly for James IV.
Join Lucy Dean, lecturer at the Centre for History at the University of the Highlands and Islands, to explore the rituals, performance, material culture and built environment, at the Palace of Holyroodhouse and beyond, that were of central importance to celebrating the public intertwining of the Stuart and Tudor dynasties, and reflects on why such demonstrations were essential to power dynamics in the wider 16th-century European context.
