Mary I: England's Catholic Queen Edwards John
Mary I: England's Catholic Queen Edwards John A new appraisal of the first Tudor queen, her European connections, her ambitions and intentions, and the religious violence that stained her short…
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Mary I: England's Catholic Queen Edwards John
A new appraisal of the first Tudor queen, her European connections, her ambitions and intentions, and the religious violence that stained her short reignThe lifestory of Mary I--daughter of Henry VIII and his Spanish wife, Catherine of Aragon--is often distilled to a few dramatic episodes: her victory over the attempted coup by Lady Jane Grey, the imprisonment of her half-sister Elizabeth, the bloody burning of Protestants, her short marriage to Philip of Spain. This original and deeply researched biography paints a far more detailed portrait of Mary and offers a fresh understanding of her religious faith and policies as well as her historical significance in England and beyond.John Edwards, a leading scholar of English and Spanish history, is the first to make full use of Continental archives in this context, especially Spanish ones, to demonstrate how