Mary Tudor

Question 1

Mary’s religious policy

Answer 1

Mary was a very religious catholic and her policy was to turn everyone in the country into the popes authority; into catholics.

Question 2

Did Mary deserve the title ‘Bloody Mary’?

Answer 2

For:

• burnt over 280 ppl at stake
• forced families and loved ones to watch
• she dampened the wood to make the fire burn slower - more painful death

Against:

• Recommended execution method of the Catholic Spanish Inquisition
• 1555, Mary thought she was pregnant—affected her mental health = very unhappy and impacted her perspective on Protestants
• thought the reason she had no children was because God punishing her for letting Protestant heresy in England (Cardinal Pole assumed this)