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The Bloodying of Mary I
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Join us this week to discuss Mary I's religious policy, in particular, were the burnings actually that bloody?
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Lara, Phoebe and Katie
Sources used:
Bynum, Beth, The Reign of Mary I, 2017, Available at: https://scalar.usc.edu/works/the-reign-of-mary-i/index (Accessed 16/1/2023)
Cavill, P. R. Heresy and Fortune in Marian England. The Historical Journal, 2013. 56(4) pp.879-907
Doran, S. and Freeman, T. S. Mary Tudor: New and Old Perspectives, 2017. Bloosmbury
Duffy, E. Fires of Faith: Catholic England under Mary Tudor. The English historical review, 2011. CXXVI(521) pp.928-930
Duncan, S. (2013). “Bloody” Mary? Changing Perceptions of England’s First Ruling Queen. In: Beem, C., Moore, D. (eds) The Name of a Queen. Queenship and Power. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137272027
Hargrave, O. T. Bloody Mary’s Victims: The Iconography of John Foxe’s Book of Martyrs. Historical magazine of the Protestant Episcopal Church, 1982. 51(1) pp. 7-21
Mcilvenna, Una, What inspired ‘Bloody Mary’s’ Gruesome nickname?, History.com, 25 October 2018, Available at: https://www.history.com/news/queen-mary-i-bloody-mary-reformation (Accessed 16/1/2023)
Rounding, Virginia, The Burning Time: The story of the Smithfield Martyrs, 2017, MacMillan, London
Solly, Meilan, The myth of ‘Bloody Mary’, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 March 2020, Available at: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/myth-bloody-mary-180974221/?scrlybrkr (Accessed 16/1/2023)