David Rizzio at the Scottish Court
History and Myth across Arts and Media
Series: Visual and Material Cultures of Scotland;
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Product details:
- Publisher Edinburgh University Press
- Date of Publication 31 July 2026
- ISBN 9781399552417
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages320 pages
- Size 244x170 mm
- Language English
- Illustrations 19 colour and 28 B&W images 700
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Short description:
Explores the enduring influence of David Rizzio in Scottish and European art and material culture.
MoreLong description:
This book studies the multifaceted impact of David Rizzio (c. 1533-1566), the Italian musician and courtier whose murder at the Palace of Holyroodhouse reshaped the destiny of Mary, Queen of Scots.
Remembered as a figure of scandal and romance, Rizzio has inspired fascination for over 450 years. This book traces his many reimaginings across Britain and continental Europe, from early diplomatic newsletters to various art forms including painting, literature and music.
By following his story across Scotland, England, France, Italy, Germany and Spain, chapters in the book highlight the strikingly transnational reach of his legend. They show how Rizzio became a cultural icon and reassess his enduring significance in Scottish/British cultural memory and identity and their wider European contexts.
Table of Contents:
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: David Rizzio: History and Myth across Arts and Media
Emanuela Patti
Part I: History and Myth: Life and Death of David Rizzio as a Courtier
1. David Riccio. Portrait of a Secretary
Lucinda Byatt
2. David Ricciolo, accorto, savio virtuoso: The Birth of the Myth in the Medici Avvisi
Carlotta Paltrinieri
Part II: Painting: David Rizzio’s Visual Representation across Centuries
3. Building a Story: The Iconography of David Rizzio
Alessandra Zamperini
4. Sir Walter Scott’s Victims of Progress: David Rizzio and Mary Queen of Scots in Sir William Allan’s The Murder of Rizzio (1833)
Robin Baillie
Part III: Music and Opera: The Myth of David Rizzio
5. The Blast of a Different Trumpet: David Rizzio’s Operatic Afterlife
Terence Sinclair
6. The Rizzio Guitar: A Little Scotch Mist?
John Reeve
Part IV: Literature, Cinema and Theatre: Portrayals of David Rizzio as ‘Other’
7. Romantic To Contemporary Mythscapes: The Entangled Otherness of David Rizzio in Scottish Literature
Carla Sassi
8. The Queer Foreigner: Portrayals of David Rizzio in Josie Rourke’s Mary Queen of Scots (2018) and Liz Lochhead’s Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off (1989)
Domenico Di Rosa
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