Question on Mary I

Just a question on Mary, inspired by the discussion that I had with various people on

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEJsYkK05u4&feature=channel_page

Oh and guys, please don't thumb others down for their opinions, everyone is entitle them, if you disagree then you can reply and argue your case!

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• Mary I
• Anne Boleyn
• Henry VIII
• Elizabeth I

[Shemaines]

Mary wasn´t a saint but elizabeth wasn´t better than her both did what they consider good for their kingdom in my opinion both wanted fight for the religion that they learn from their mothers. And I have to say that phillip was the hand behaind mary´s laws against protestants. Many kings and queens kill people even more than "bloody mary" but her enemys (elizabeth too) gave bloody mary this epithet (sorry for my english)

[lookinglass123]

Hey! Thanks for your reply :)

Hearing everyone's opinions on this really helped me decide my own (and I was kind of hovering on the subject, I'm going to write it out at a later date).

Thanks again!

[AnaliaHyrule]

On the subject of Mary, although she did kill a lot less people than her dad and sister, she was only on the throne for about 5 years. Henry, correct me if I'm wrong, was there 38 years and Elizabeth 44 years. The number that Mary killed would have risen had she lived-that's how I feel.

[lookinglass123]

Undoubtedly it would have risen. But those are manipulated stats. The Marian persecutions marked, according to Foxe, 284 deaths by burning. Take Henry's reign - any five years after about 1535, and you can say with certainty that he matched his daughter. I think that the claim of 72,000 deaths in Henry's reign is absurd, but there is evidence for slaughter equal to Mary's. Not defending either of them...but still.

[LNor19]

I respect your opinion, IMO in regards to Tudor Monarch policies, I'd have to say all the Tudors (aside from VII) were quite harsh when it came to religion.

Henry started perscuting Prostestants, then Catholics, and by the end of his reign...well he quite discriminating.

Edward was just as harsh as Mary toward the end of his reign, but towards Catholics.

Mary vice versa.

Elizabeth started off tolerant for the time, but her reign went on, Priest holes, and public quartering became popular.

[gapeachjessica]

katharinethequene, I completely agree with you! You said exactly what I had intended to say. I'm not very articulate LOL.

[GoddessofHyrule]

I agree. :/

[lookinglass123]

I don't think anyone disputes that burning is probably one of the worst ways to go...maybe being hung, drawn and quartered rivals it. But its certainly one of the most brutal forms of execution. That's not in question...

[GoddessofHyrule]

I do too.

[GoddessofHyrule]

just burned people? How do you think you'd feel if you were tied to a stake and the fire at your feet? I think burning to death is one of the worst ways to go!

[katfauxanneboleyn]

I feel the same, that's why I think she deserves the name "Bloody Mary."

[katfauxanneboleyn]

I know Mary was a sickly woman, and she actually died, I think, from illness. I could be wrong. I think that's what she meant by physical ailments. Mary wasn't beaten.