Introduction - David Rizzio: History and myth across arts and media (Emanuela Patti, University of Edinburgh) Part 1: History: Life and Death of David Rizzio as a Courtier 1. David Rizzio. Portrait of a Secretary [and a Courtier] (Lucinda Byatt, University of Edinburgh) 2. David Rizzio's murder in the Avvisi Medici (Carlotta Paltrinieri, Royal Holloway) Part 2: Painting: David Rizzio's Visual Representation across Centuries 3. The Representation of David Rizzio: Musician, Lover, and Romantic Hero (Alessandra Zamperini, University of Verona) 4. David Rizzio and Mary Queen of Scots: victims of progress in Sir William Allan ' s ' The Murder of Rizzio ' , 1833 (Robin Baillie, University of Lincoln and the National Galleries of Scotland) Part 3: Music and Opera: the Myth of David Rizzio 5. A Risorgimento Première: Vincenzo Capecelatro's David Riccio (1850) (Terence Sinclair, University of Cambridge) 6. The Rizzio Guitar: a little Scotch mist? (John Reeve, former Chair of the Lute society) Part 4: 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, University of Verona) 8. A Portrayal of David Rizzio's queerness in 21st century cinema (Domenico Di Rosa, University of Glasgow) Appendix Bibliography.