Transcript Did Mary I deserve the nickname “Bloody Mary”?

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I will be able to write a balanced argument to
answer the question “ Did Mary I deserve the
nickname Bloody Mary”?
I will also be able to explain why some people
interpret /view the past in different ways
All - can explain that the past can be
represented or interpreted in different ways.
(Level 4)
Most - can suggest reasons for different
interpretations of events, people.
( Level 5)
Some - can describe and begin to explain
different historical interpretations of events
and people
( Level 6)
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She doted on her father but was sent away
when she was young
He once boasted that “this little girl never
cries”
She lived in fear for her life when Edward VI
( her half brother) was King as she continued
to hear mass. His advisors did not like fact
that she was Catholic.
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When Edward died Lady Jane Grey was made
Queen by Edward on his death bed
The Duke of Northumberland put pressure on
Edward to name Lady Jane Grey Queen ( She
was his daughter in law)
The Duke took advantage of Edward’s strong
protestant beliefs to achieve this.
Lady Jane Grey – Queen for nine
days
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Mary and Elizabeth rode into London and
deposed Queen Jane
Mary became Mary I who was popular with the
people of England (Catherine had always been
popular with the English people)
Lady Jane Grey was now locked up in the Tower
of London alongside her new husband
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Mary’s marriage to Phillip of Spain (later
Phillip II) was extremely unpopular.
People thought Spain would control England.
There was public disorder and an
unsuccessful rebellion led by Wyatt who
wanted to put Elizabeth on the throne.
Phillip and Mary I
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Wyatt was executed claiming Elizabeth had
nothing to do with the plot
Elizabeth was arrested and taken to the tower
of London
Lady Jane Grey was executed, she was only
16 years old.
Execution Lady Jane Gray. What was she killed with? Why was she executed?
A young Elizabeth by unknown artist
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Mary now made the Roman Catholic Church
the official religion of England
Churches had statues and stained glass
windows returned.
Priests who were married had to leave their
wives
The Pope was now Head of the Church
Those that refused to change their religion
were ………..
Execution of Thomas Crammer
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284 Protestants were burned publicly at the stake
for the crime of Heresy
These deaths were recorded in Foxes Book of
Martyrs which later became the best selling book
in England
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Thomas Crammer recanted but was executed
anyway
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Mary was given the nickname “Bloody Mary” but
was this fair?
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Write a heading “Did Mary I deserve the
nickname “Bloody Mary” and underline this
twice.
Now write a paragraph using the opening
sentence above to explain why Mary deserved
this nickname.
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Monarch
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Henry VII
24
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Henry VIII
38
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Edward VI
6
Mary
5
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Elizabeth
rebellion I
n North
Length of reign
45
Burnings for heresy Other executions
10
81
70,000
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284
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300
hanged after
Every year 17-54 people hanged in county of Essex alone for small-scale theft.
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Protestants were being burned and executed
throughout Europe by the Roman Catholic
church on the orders of the Pope.
None of the other rulers are remembered this
way
Mary believed that she was saving people
souls from “eternal damnation”
Some Historians believe that Foxes Book of
Martyr’s was used as propaganda against
Mary and affected how people remembered
her
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Now write another paragraph to give the
other side of the argument using the opening
sentence above.
Make sure that you use figures from the table
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Now write a final paragraph and to say
whether you think that Mary deserved this
nickname or not. Make sure that you give
your reasons.
Remember not to judge people in the past by
our standards today and remember religion
was very important to many people during
the Tudor period.
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Write an obituary of Mary’s life from a
Catholic perspective. Annotate and explain all
the phrases a Protestant would disagree with.
You will need to show Bias which is evident in
the use of adjectives e.g. Courageous, Saintly,
righteous, bloodthirsty
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Look at the following site you can read a
letter from Elizabeth to Mary. Can you
summarize what she is saying to her half
sister?
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/palaeogr
aphy/pdf/doc_1.pdf