Samantha Wiles
February, 3 2016
Bloody Mary
In this paper I will be answering the questions; why is Mary Tudor called Bloody Mary? And what was her everyday life like? I was interested in this subject, because, honestly I liked her nickname and wanted to find out more about her. I really wanted to figure out why she was called Bloody Mary and what events in her life led up to her being called Bloody Mary.
May I: a highly impressive queen cut off in her prime, is an article written by Dr. Anna Whitelock. In this article Anna explains her positive outlook on Mary Tudors life. Anna is the Author of the Prize-winning novel Mary Tudor: England’s first queen. Anna is a Historian, author and broadcaster. She is a reader in early modern history and …show more content…
The Author John Edwards Explains some of the similarities between what happened under Mary’s reign and the Spanish inquisition. John Edwards wrote this article for the Hispanic Research Journal in February of 2012. The article is in a scholarly Peer reviewed academic Journal. The author John Edwards studied at the Queen’s college, University of Oxford. The article can be found at the following Web Address: …show more content…
Anna states that Mary met every challenge that was thrown her way from, being disowned by her father and being named a bastard, to taking over the kingdom form Lady Jane. Anna believes that Mary’s rule was cut to short by her untimely death. Mary was the only child of King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. She was doted on and highly educated, she was betrothed before she was two but that fell through, when she was older one of the fathers of a suitor was the first person to say that she may be an illegitimate child, because the marriage between Henry and his brothers widow Catherine did not count. Henry eventually divorced Catherine and made it so the Marriage was never valid making Mary a Bastard. Her father Remarried and had a daughter Elizabeth, Henry allowed Mary to be Elizabeth’s lady in waiting, until she was eventually given back her title. When Henry died he had his son Edward VI take the throne, at 15 Edward became ill and passed away, but he purposefully left Mary out of his will and named Lady Jane the new queen. Mary with the help of most of England overthrew Lady Jane and took her rightful place as The First Queen Regnant of England. Though what Mary did during her rule was awful, it is no worse than what others have done in the past. Anna says that what happened to the protestants was “The accepted punishment for Heresy at the time”.
In this paper I have answered the questions; Why was Mary Tudor called
February, 3 2016
Bloody Mary
In this paper I will be answering the questions; why is Mary Tudor called Bloody Mary? And what was her everyday life like? I was interested in this subject, because, honestly I liked her nickname and wanted to find out more about her. I really wanted to figure out why she was called Bloody Mary and what events in her life led up to her being called Bloody Mary.
May I: a highly impressive queen cut off in her prime, is an article written by Dr. Anna Whitelock. In this article Anna explains her positive outlook on Mary Tudors life. Anna is the Author of the Prize-winning novel Mary Tudor: England’s first queen. Anna is a Historian, author and broadcaster. She is a reader in early modern history and …show more content…
The Author John Edwards Explains some of the similarities between what happened under Mary’s reign and the Spanish inquisition. John Edwards wrote this article for the Hispanic Research Journal in February of 2012. The article is in a scholarly Peer reviewed academic Journal. The author John Edwards studied at the Queen’s college, University of Oxford. The article can be found at the following Web Address: …show more content…
Anna states that Mary met every challenge that was thrown her way from, being disowned by her father and being named a bastard, to taking over the kingdom form Lady Jane. Anna believes that Mary’s rule was cut to short by her untimely death. Mary was the only child of King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. She was doted on and highly educated, she was betrothed before she was two but that fell through, when she was older one of the fathers of a suitor was the first person to say that she may be an illegitimate child, because the marriage between Henry and his brothers widow Catherine did not count. Henry eventually divorced Catherine and made it so the Marriage was never valid making Mary a Bastard. Her father Remarried and had a daughter Elizabeth, Henry allowed Mary to be Elizabeth’s lady in waiting, until she was eventually given back her title. When Henry died he had his son Edward VI take the throne, at 15 Edward became ill and passed away, but he purposefully left Mary out of his will and named Lady Jane the new queen. Mary with the help of most of England overthrew Lady Jane and took her rightful place as The First Queen Regnant of England. Though what Mary did during her rule was awful, it is no worse than what others have done in the past. Anna says that what happened to the protestants was “The accepted punishment for Heresy at the time”.
In this paper I have answered the questions; Why was Mary Tudor called