During the reign of Queen Mary I, hundreds of Protestants were burned at the stake in terrifying and brutal scenes across England. She sought to punish prominent heretics to ensure that the public conformed to her restoration of the Catholic faith, after her father Henry VIII and brother Edward VI had began the English Reformation. Because of this, she gained the nickname 'Bloody Mary,' but during her life the Queen who reigned for just 5 years suffered a great deal with her health and wellbeing.
Mary I throughout her life suffered with various illnesses. She as a teenager caught the deadly disease smallpox, and did recover but throughout her life she was plagued with stomach issues that are attributed to 'ovarian dropsy.' This condition was linked to swellings in her stomach and Mary experienced a false pregnancy which has been linked to her poor health too. Mary I also suffered with fevers and other aspects of poor health that prevented her doing things in her life. She also was noted to have suffered with melancholy and depression, but Mary I is considered to have been a brutal ruler for the short time that she was on the throne.
Have these illnesses anything to do with the way she treated people and particular protestants in England? When Mary's pregnancy came to nothing, she believed she was punished by God for heretics living in England, and this could be a possible reason why the persecution continued. However today Mary I is considered to have been bloody, but she was a rather sickly and ill Tudor monarch.
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2 окт 2024