Let's Crack Historical Ciphers #1: Mary Queen of Scots - with Dr. George Lasry

An international team of codebreakers consisting of George Lasry, Norbert Biermann, and Satoshi Tomokiyo has recently made a startling discovery: 50 lost ciphered letters from Mary, Queen of Scots (Mary Stuart). Originally thought to be related to Italian matters, the letters were painstakingly decrypted by Dr. Lasry and his team. Gradually they discovered signs that the content of the letters was unmistakably related to Mary's time in captivity. The letters are a treasure trove for historians and help to fill in gaps of Mary's life. #Cryptography #Cryptology #crypto #History #maryqueenofscots #codebreaking #codes LINKS The paper: Deciphering Mary Stuart’s lost letters from 1578-1584: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01611194.2022.2160677 Enciphered letters at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BnF): https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b9059908w/f56.item DECRYPT Project: https://de-crypt.org/ Cryptiana: http://cryptiana.web.fc2.com/code/crypto.htm CREDITS Oakvale of Albion - Softly Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/oakvale-of-albion/softly Images: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:France,_Paris,_Biblioth%C3%A8que_nationale_de_France,_site_Richelieu,_salle_ovale.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:YoungMaryStuart.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mary_Queen_of_Scots_with_her_husband_Henry_Stuart_Lord_Darnley,_engraved_by_Renold_Elstracke_in_1603.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mary_Stuart_cell.jpg https://archive.org/details/lettresinstruct08marygoog/page/n8/mode/2up https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mary-cipher-code.jpg https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q599082 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_I#/media/File:Darnley_stage_3.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Wilson_(rhetorician)#/media/File:AmbassadorThomasWilson.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Dudley,_1st_Earl_of_Leicester https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Walsingham#/media/File:Sir_Francis_Walsingham_by_John_De_Critz_the_Elder.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_VI_and_I#/media/File:Mary_Stuart_James.jpg The rest of the graphics in Lasry’s presentation are created by Lasry/Biermann/Tomokiyo. Thanks to Klaus Schmeh for the clip of Dr. Lasry at the 2017 European Historic Ciphers Colloquium: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBfcZlK0xc8