HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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Elizabeth
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Mary
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Henry VIII
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Edward VI
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Detailed explanation-1: -With her repeal of all religious legislation passed under Edward VI, Protestants faced a choice: exile, reconciliation/conversion, or punishment. Many people were exiled, and hundreds of dissenters were burned at the stake, earning her the nickname of “Bloody Mary".
Detailed explanation-2: -Over 300 religious dissenters were burned at the stake during Mary’s five-year reign, known as the Marian persecutions. It is a statistic that appears to be barbarous.
Detailed explanation-3: -A brief history: Mary I, queen of England and Ireland from 1553-1558, restored Catholicism and papal authority to England. She was known as “Bloody Mary” for having some 300 Protestants burned at the stake for heresy against the Catholic faith.
Detailed explanation-4: -QUEEN MARY I of England is called Bloody Mary because she persecuted Protestants during her short reign (1554-58).