| | | Type | Year Published |
| Olbricht, Erika Mae | 'Take from me first the softness of a Woman': Rewriting Elizabeth's Execution of Mary Stuart during the Seventeenth- Century Succession Crisis | Book Section | 2007 |
| Organ, Catherine | George Buchanan: a forgotten Scot | Book | 2006 |
| Paranque, Estelle | The Representations and Ambiguities of the Warlike Female Kingship of Elizabeth I of England | Book Section | 2016 |
| Parker, Heather | 'In all gudly haste': The Formation of Marriage in Scotland, c. 1350-1600 | Thesis | 2012 |
| Parkinson, David | 'A Lamentable Storie': Mary Queen of Scots and the inescapable Querelle des Femmes' | Book Section | 2000 |
| Parkison, David | A Lamentable Story' Mary Queen of Scots and the Inescapable Querelles des Femmes | Book Section | 2000 |
| Paulson, Michael G. | The queens' encounter: the Mary Stuart anachronism in dramas by Diamante, Boursault, Schiller, and Donizetti | Book | 1987 |
| Pearson, Karl | The Skull and Portraits of Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley, and their Bearing on The Tragedy of Mary, Queen of Scots | Journal Article | 1928 |
| Perez-Jauregui, Maria Jesus | A Queen in a 'Purple Robe': Henry Constable's Poetic Tribute to Mary, Queen of Scots | Journal Article | 2016 |
| Petuchowski, Elizabeth | Perspectives on A Historical Scene: Wolfgang Hildesheimer's 'Mary Stuart' | Journal Article | 1980 |
| Pfülf, Otto | Neues über Maria Stuart [New thoughts concerning Mary Stuart] | Journal Article | 1902 |
| Phillips, James E. | Jean de Bordes' 'Maria Stuarta Tragoeida:' The Earliest Known Drama on the Queen of Scots | Book Section | 1950 |
| Phillips, James E. | Images of a Queen: Mary Stuart in Sixteenth Century Literature | Book | 1964 |
| Plowden, Alison | Two queens in one isle: The deadly relationship between Elizabeth I & Mary Queen of Scots | Book | 1984 |
| Pollen, John H. | A letter from Mary Queen of Scots to the Duke of Guise, January 1562. Reproduced in facsimile from the original manuscript in the possession of the late John Scott, of Halkshill. | Book | 1904 |
| Pollen, John Hungerford | Papal negotiations with Mary queen of Scots during her reign in Scotland 1561-1567 | Book | 1901 |
| Quality, Person of | The secret history of Elizabeth, Queen of England, and the Earl of Essex: To which is added, an account of the sufferings, trial and beheading of Mary, Queen of Scotland, by Queen Elizabeth | Book Section | 1799 |
| Rait, Robert S. | Mary queen of Scots, 1542-1587; extracts from the English, Spanish, and Venetian state papers | Book | 1900 |
| Rait, Robert S.; Cameron, Annie I. | King James's Secret: Negotiations Between Elizabeth and James VI. Relating to the Execution of Mary Queen of Scots, From the Warrender Papers | Book | 1927 |
| Raumer, Friedrich von | Contributions to modern history from the British Museum and the State Paper Office. / Queen Elizabeth and Mary Queen of Scots | Book Section | 1836 |
| Read, Conyers | The Proposal to Assassinate Mary Queen of Scots at Fotheringay | Journal Article | 1925 |
| Read, Conyers | The Bardon papers. Documents relating to the imprisonment and trial of Mary, Queen of Scots | Book Section | 1909 |
| Reisiger, Hans | Ein Kind befreit die Königin. Nach d. Leben d. Maria Stuart erzählt [A child liberates the Queen. The life of Mary Queen of Scots] | Book | 1948 |
| Renilson, J. | Queen Mary's House, Jedburgh | Journal Article | 1950 |
| Rickman, Johanna | Elizabeth the matchmaker: the proposed marriage between Mary Queen of Scots and Robert Dudley | Thesis | 1999 |
| Ristau, Ken | Bringing Down A Queen | Paper | 2000 |
| Robertson, Karen | The Body Natural of a Queen: Mary, James, Horestes | Journal Article | 1990 |
| Robertson, W. | A critical dissertation concerning ... the genuineness of the queen's letters to Bothwell | Book Section | 1759 |
| Robinson, Pamela R. | John Leslie's 'Libri duo': manuscripts belonging to Mary Queen of Scots | Book Section | 1997 |
| Robison, Wade L. | Hume the Moral Historian: Queen Elizabeth I | Journal Article | 2013 |
| Rose, John Benson; Rose, E. M. | A tribute to the memory of Mary queen of Scots: being an attempt to relate, simply and truly, the history of her life | Book | 1868 |
| Rossi, Sergio | Tre narrazione storiche su Maria Stuart [Three narrative histories on Mary Stuart] | Journal Article | 1958 |
| Rottmann, Eva | The Mary Stuart myth in 20th century Russian literature | Thesis | 2004 |
| S., H. C. | An unpublished portrait of Mary Queen of Scots | Journal Article | 1907 |
| Sanderson, Margaret H. B. | Mary Stewart's People. Life in Mary Stewart's Scotland | Book | 1987 |
| Scarlett, E. P. | The case of Mary, Queen of Scots. Some further medical notes | Journal Article | 1969 |
| Schiller, Friedrich | Maria Stuart: tragedy in five acts | Book Section | 1868 |
| Schnettger, Matthias | Weibliche Herrschaft in der Frühen Neuzeit: Einige Beobachtungen aus verfassungs- und politikgeschichtlicher Sicht | Journal Article | 2009 |
| Scott, John | A bibliography of works relating to Mary, Queen of Scots. 1544-1700 | Book Section | 1896 |
| Scott-Moncrieff, George | Scotland and Mary Stuart | Journal Article | 1958 |
| Sharman, Julian | The Library of Mary Queen of Scots | Book | 1889 |
| Sherlock, Peter | The Monuments of Elizabeth Tudor and Mary Stuart: King James and the Manipulation of Memory | Journal Article | 2007 |
| Shinozaki, Minoru | An 'Unsexed' Queen and a 'Nourish-Father': Historicizing Macbeth | Journal Article | 2009 |
| Shire, Helena Mennie | Musical servitors to Queen Mary Stuart | Journal Article | 1959 |
| Shoemaker, Michael Myers; Croal, Thomas Allan | Palaces, prisons and resting places of Mary Queen of Scots | Book | 1902 |
| Shrank, Cathy | 'This fatall Medea,' 'this Clytemnestra': Reading and the Detection of Mary Queen of Scots | Journal Article | 2010 |
| Sivendran, Anushia | And Then There Was One: How the Ruling Styles of Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots Affected the Outcomes of Their Reigns | Journal Article | 2003 |
| Smailes, Helen | The Queen's image: a celebration of Mary, Queen of Scots | Book | 1987 |
| Smith, Jeremy L. | The Sheffield Portrait Types, Their Catholic Purposes, and Mary Queen of Scots's Tomb | Journal Article | 2016 |
| Smith, Jeremy L. | The Sheffield Portrait Types, Their Catholic Purposes, and Mary Queen of Scots's Tomb | Journal Article | 2016 |
