Phil Carradice

Bloody Mary

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  • Lisa Eliassainthas quoted2 years ago
    The terrible change in character of Mary Tudor, from a mischievous, high-spirited young girl to a thoughtful and repressed teenager to a murderous, cold-hearted tyrant is a study in how one individual and the events of that life can have such a profound effect on a whole nation.
  • Lisa Eliassainthas quoted2 years ago
    She restored the Navy, renewed the coinage and increased crown revenue. She also established new hospitals, improved the education of the clergy and increased the authority of local government.’5 The most important of these was the changes she made to the revenue of the country
  • Lisa Eliassainthas quoted2 years ago
    she was suffering from ovarian or cervical cancer
  • Lisa Eliassainthas quoted2 years ago
    suffered from severe headaches and fevers that lanced into her withered body and confined her to her bed.1
  • Lisa Eliassainthas quoted2 years ago
    This time, however, it was more than simply a phantom pregnancy, wish fulfilment at its extreme; this time it was not just a psychological problem; this time there was physical illness as well
  • Lisa Eliassainthas quoted2 years ago
    The trial of Archbishop Cranmer
  • Lisa Eliassainthas quoted2 years ago
    Margaret Polley was the first woman martyr of Mary’s reign, burned at Tunbridge Wells in 1555.
  • Lisa Eliassainthas quoted2 years ago
    All of this was a backdrop to the real drama that was taking place in Mary’s life. In November 1554 she stopped menstruating and gained weight, afflicted by morning sickness. Mary was delighted. She was clearly pregnant, something that her doctors quickly confirmed. She did not need their opinions; she had felt the baby move inside her. Her desire to have a child was all-consuming and her belief that she was pregnant was unshakeable. She was not alone in that belief
  • Lisa Eliassainthas quoted2 years ago
    The burning of heretics at the stake was a fairly common form of ritual punishment in the sixteenth century, one
  • Lisa Eliassainthas quoted2 years ago
    She instigated, she drove; she was the architect of what quickly became a reign of terror
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