When Mary Tudor, eldest daughter of Henry VIII, succeeded to the
throne of England in 1553 it was with wild rejoicing and a degree
of popularity rarely seen on the accession of a British monarch.
Yet at her death five years later she was almost universally
reviled and hated by her people so much so that she was
posthumously awarded the sobriquet Bloody Mary. Mary's revenge on
the church and on a religion she hated was swift and total.
Noblemen like the Duke of Northumberland, would-be queens like Lady
Jane Grey, churchmen like Thomas Cranmer and bishops Latimer and
Ridley, Mary's fires or the executioner's axe ended the lives of
all of them. During her brief reign she restored the Catholic faith
to England and had over 280 Protestant martyrs burned at the stake.
For a reign that looked so promising Mary's brief period in power
brought the greatest officially sanctioned religious bloodletting
the country had ever seen. And at the end, the stench of the
execution fires and the grey smoke that settled like a pall across
the country seemed to epitomize the reactionary forces that had
assumed control.
General
| Imprint: |
Pen & Sword Military
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
A History of Terror |
| Release date: |
June 2018 |
| Authors: |
Phil Carradice
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 8mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
128 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-5267-2865-4 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
Promotions
|
| LSN: |
1-5267-2865-6 |
| Barcode: |
9781526728654 |
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