medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>> Bloody Mary burned more than 200 martyrs here 1554-58.
Dennis Martin wrote:
That would be Mary Tudor, unless one consistently refers to Elizabeth I
as "Bloody Bess" for her executions, spread out over many more years, to
be sure, but just as many and literally even more bloody and in one
sense more terrifying because of the police-state apparatus built up to
accomplish the suppression of her opponents. I'd be very happy to leave
it at Elizabeth I and Mary Tudor or Mary I.
--
Yes, an improper reference on my part, meant as jocular as it was
tangential to the miscellany about the Bartholomew Fair. BTW in
annotating Hall's Chronicle (1550), I commonly differentiate Henry
VIII's sister and daughter as "Mary Tudor" and "Princess Mary"
respectively. The sister is more often referred to and the princess did
not became queen until the chronicler was six years in his grave.
Cheers,
Al Magary
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