"Dispelling Tudor Myths: The Myth of Bloody Mary" Topic
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| Tango01 | 23 Jul 2020 3:44 p.m. PST |
"Queen Mary I is a complex figure in history. She suffered greatly during her childhood. She had a debilitating illness although she still managed to persevere. Mary was the first official queen regnant of England and this has left her open to attacks by biased historians who could not tolerate the rule of a woman. In reality, she did the best she could under the circumstances. Mary was raised to believe she would be a royal consort and was given very little training to become a sovereign. Women were not supposed to rule and once they were married, they were compelled to defer to their husbands. And England would not tolerate a foreign prince as their king. Her persecution of Protestants resulted in criticism and propaganda against her when in reality, these activities were par for the course in the sixteenth century all over Europe. There has been a great deal of new scholarship in recent years that puts Mary's life in a new perspective…"
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Shagnasty  | 24 Jul 2020 10:50 a.m. PST |
Just don't say "Bloody Mary" three times in front of a mirror. |
| Tango01 | 24 Jul 2020 12:13 p.m. PST |
Ha!Ha!….
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| Henry Martini | 25 Jul 2020 1:38 a.m. PST |
'Silly superstition, broke the looking glass,…' Shagnasty? |
| Bill N | 25 Jul 2020 5:47 a.m. PST |
The author fails to make her case. |
| Tango01 | 25 Jul 2020 11:52 a.m. PST |
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