I agree. Though burning people at the stake is terrible, and believe me when I say I do not support it, but she was a woman of her time. An extreme Catholic Europe, and the sudden emergence of a ‘heresy’ seen as a threat to her people, and their eternal souls, would not have left a very pro-active Mary sitting on her butt and letting it (from her point of view) damn and ruin England. If Mary is to be judged as a bad leader simply for her heresy laws, and their impending punishment, then all of the worlds leaders are bad, ESPECIALLY in Europe. Charles V was known to burn around 89 Protestants a month, not to mention, you know, the Inquisition?? The Crusades? Jihads? Mary was the leader of a very powerful Catholic Counter-Reformation in England. Though gruesome, in the burnings, it was working. There was nothing backwards about Mary’s religious plan, and the results do matter. Because despite what most uneducated people think, her Religious settlement was not just on the basis of burning heretics at the stake, there was a whole Catholic Reformation, from education, to the churches lands.
So yes, misjudged on the fact that the only basis for a ‘Bloody Mary’ is propaganda spawning from Mary’s younger sister and successor Elizabeth, and her successors. Mary was known for her kindness by all the people of England (even the protestants knew of her graciousness, but they of course hated her religious settlement, and as a result, rarely if ever brought her up in a kind light). Mary unfortunately has been dragged through history unkindly however, and is known as ‘Bloody Mary’ by most contemporaries, a name, that is extremely undeserved.
(Source: real-tudor-confessions)
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alilfandom:
There’s Princess… and then there’s Princess Azula
————There is just no words that cud possibly describe the beauty in this XD
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This is a beautiful video devoted to KOA, using segments from ‘The Six Wives of Henry VIII’, BBC version. I love this video, and the actual series is amazing. The actress for KOA is the closest in resemblance I’ve ever seen, but KOA was prettier…just saying. Thank you Sherrilina for creating this wonderful video.
DISCLAIMER: I DID NOT CREATE, AND I DO NOT OWN THIS VIDEO OR BBC’S SIX WIVES OF HENRY VIII.
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as—high-as—honor:
Queen Mary I Tudor and her husband Philip II of Spain
I LOVE THIS SO MUCH <3
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lastbestlieutenant:
Picture of a couple of wizarding portraits on display on the Making of Harry Potter tour. She looks familiar…
So apparently, Mary I (Bloody Mary as you possibly know her - Elizabeth I’s older half-sister, excellent at burning Protestants, not excellent at having babies) was a witch… Yes, I am a nerd and I recognised her instantly, and so took a photo. She’s my favourite monarch <3
Also the other dude is possibly Beethoven - I say that due to the mane.
So XD i find it ironic…shes a witch…XD lololololol….i love how they replaced the bible with a wand xD <3 gotta love Mary I……
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