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Mary Tudor

by Antonia Fraser Book 7 in the Women in History series.

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Mary Tudor is a biography of Mary I, England’s first crowned queen regnant. Fraser follows Mary from her position as the daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon through the succession crisis of 1553, her restoration of Catholic worship, her Spanish marriage and the burnings that fixed her hostile Protestant reputation. The book presents Mary’s reign as a Tudor experiment in female monarchy, religious restoration and dynastic insecurity rather than only as the story behind the later label “Bloody Mary”.

Historical Periods

Edwardian Reformation1547–1553 CE Wyatt’s Rebellion1554 CE Lady Jane Grey Succession Crisis1553-07-06–1554-02-12

Historical people

Henry VIII1491–1547 Catherine of Aragon1485–1536 Mary I1516–1558 Edward VI1537–1553 Elizabeth I1533–1603 Lady Jane Grey1537–1554 Philip II of Spain1527–1598

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