Mary I
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- Created on: 07-10-20 14:27
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bloody queen mary
reviewing her rise:
- Lady jane Grey may have been procliamed queen but it did not take long for people to soon get nehind Mary.
- procliamed queen in Buckinghamshire, the oxfordshire and northamptonshire.
- nobility turned against Northumberland.
personality and policies:
- people wnated mary to take the throne, this is so the true religion would be continued.
- the prayer book and the attacks on the curch during the reign of Edward added to the appeal of Mary.
- in Leicestershire they rebuilt the alter and held masses, even in london where protestantism had been doing well they soon reverted to catholic practies. idols and statues were retuned- at a cost.
problems:
- religious divide posed real problems as mary struggled to calm them down.
- wasnt raised to rule the country, most of her loyal supporters and members of governement had no real expiernce either.
- relyed on people in governemnt who ruled under Edward, issue as they iplicated religious views he hated.
- started to turn to people such as Bishop Gardiner who had served under Edawrd but had been executed for defending catholis, welcomed back with open arms.
- appointed 50 councilors during her breif, allowed people to believe lareg amount of government was inefficient and faction ridden.
- marys marriage to phillip II of spain was not discussed by the council.
- often fell out with key personal based on issues such as Gardiner who never fully supported her morther during the great matter.
- tended to rely on the advice of two foreigners, her husband (phillip II) and simon renard, the ambassador of her cousin and father in law Charles V.
spanish marraige:
- increadibly important that she produced an heir so that catholism can be continued.
- also at 37 she was at an advanced age.
- only english candidate was Edward Courtenay, earl of devon. would create fractional rivalry as he was very unproven in court never actually had the support from Mary.
- mary made it clear she wanted to marry Phillip II of spain. cleraly seen as simon renard was her main advisor.
- Phillip was a catholic and already had expiernce in ruling, mary was loyal to his father…
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