The Myth of "Bloody Mary"

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Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 142996426X
Total Pages : 668 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Book Synopsis The Myth of "Bloody Mary" by : Linda Porter

Download or read book The Myth of "Bloody Mary" written by Linda Porter and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2009-08-04 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this groundbreaking new biography of "Bloody Mary," Linda Porter brings to life a queen best remembered for burning hundreds of Protestant heretics at the stake, but whose passion, will, and sophistication have for centuries been overlooked. Daughter of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon, wife of Philip of Spain, and sister of Edward VI, Mary Tudor was a cultured Renaissance princess. A Latin scholar and outstanding musician, her love of fashion was matched only by her zeal for gambling. It is the tragedy of Queen Mary that today, 450 years after her death, she remains the most hated, least understood monarch in English history. Linda Porter's pioneering new biography—based on contemporary documents and drawing from recent scholarship—cuts through the myths to reveal the truth about the first queen to rule England in her own right. Mary learned politics in a hard school, and was cruelly treated by her father and bullied by the strongmen of her brother, Edward VI. An audacious coup brought her to the throne, and she needed all her strong will and courage to keep it. Mary made a grand marriage to Philip of Spain, but her attempts to revitalize England at home and abroad were cut short by her premature death at the age of forty-two. The first popular biography of Mary in thirty years, The First Queen of England offers a fascinating, controversial look at this much-maligned queen.

Mary, Bloody Mary

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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780152164560
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (645 download)

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Book Synopsis Mary, Bloody Mary by : Carolyn Meyer

Download or read book Mary, Bloody Mary written by Carolyn Meyer and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2001 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary Tudor, who would reign briefly as Queen of England during the mid sixteenth century, tells the story of her troubled childhood as daughter of King Henry VIII.

Foxe's Book of Martyrs

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1152 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (55 download)

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Book Synopsis Foxe's Book of Martyrs by : John Foxe

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Bloody Mary

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Publisher : Pen & Sword Military
ISBN 13 : 9781526728654
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (286 download)

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Book Synopsis Bloody Mary by : Phil Carradice

Download or read book Bloody Mary written by Phil Carradice and published by Pen & Sword Military. This book was released on 2018-06-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Mary Tudor, eldest daughter of Henry VIII, succeeded to the throne of England in 1553 it was with wild rejoicing and a degree of popularity rarely seen on the accession of a British monarch. Yet at her death five years later she was almost universally reviled and hated by her people so much so that she was posthumously awarded the sobriquet Bloody Mary. Mary's revenge on the church and on a religion she hated was swift and total. Noblemen like the Duke of Northumberland, would-be queens like Lady Jane Grey, churchmen like Thomas Cranmer and bishops Latimer and Ridley, Mary's fires or the executioner's axe ended the lives of all of them. During her brief reign she restored the Catholic faith to England and had over 280 Protestant martyrs burned at the stake. For a reign that looked so promising Mary's brief period in power brought the greatest officially sanctioned religious bloodletting the country had ever seen. And at the end, the stench of the execution fires and the grey smoke that settled like a pall across the country seemed to epitomize the reactionary forces that had assumed control.

Mary Tudor "Bloody Mary"

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Publisher : Goosebottom Books
ISBN 13 : 1937463249
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (374 download)

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Book Synopsis Mary Tudor "Bloody Mary" by : Gretchen Maurer

Download or read book Mary Tudor "Bloody Mary" written by Gretchen Maurer and published by Goosebottom Books. This book was released on 2012-06-30 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first reigning Queen of England, Mary Tudor believed fervently that Catholicism should be the religion of the land, leading her to burn at the stake hundreds of Protestants. Was she just a ruler of her times, or did she deserve the name, Bloody Mary? Gorgeous illustrations and an intelligent, evocative story bring to life a real dastardly dame who, fueled by her faith, created a religious firestorm.

Becoming Bloody Mary

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ISBN 13 : 9781645330363
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (33 download)

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Book Synopsis Becoming Bloody Mary by : STEPHANIE. NICHOLE

Download or read book Becoming Bloody Mary written by STEPHANIE. NICHOLE and published by . This book was released on 2018-10 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We've all heard the legend of Bloody Mary. From generation to generation the legend has been passed on, usually by children and teens daring someone to be brave enough to summon her. Go into a darkened bathroom, lock the door if you're brave enough, stand in front of the mirror and say "Bloody Mary" three times. The legend says she will appear but the consequences range from becoming horrifically scared to being driven insane or even death. The legend has transcended time as well as language barriers. It seems every country has some form of this legend but the question remains are you brave enough? Have you ever wondered where the legend of Bloody Mary originated? Well step into this Victorian tale of lost love, betrayal and tragedy with just enough magic to create the legend.

Bloody Mary

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Publisher : Real-Life Ghost Stories
ISBN 13 : 1543573363
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (435 download)

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Book Synopsis Bloody Mary by : Aubre Andrus

Download or read book Bloody Mary written by Aubre Andrus and published by Real-Life Ghost Stories. This book was released on 2019-08 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The legend of the ghostly Bloody Mary involves seeing a woman's bloody image appear in the mirror. But where does this eerie legend originate? Some say she is the spirit of Queen Mary I of England. Queen Mary I wanted England to embrace Catholicism, and her bloody persecution of Protestants led to her nickname, Bloody Mary. No matter its origin, this spooky story has haunted people around the world for centuries.

Bloody Mary, Vol. 9

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Publisher : VIZ Media LLC
ISBN 13 : 1974701093
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (747 download)

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Book Synopsis Bloody Mary, Vol. 9 by : Akaza Samamiya

Download or read book Bloody Mary, Vol. 9 written by Akaza Samamiya and published by VIZ Media LLC. This book was released on 2017-12-05 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary’s twin brother, “Mary,” is unable to fend off his overpowering thirst for blood, and as a result, Mary comes ever closer to becoming “the blood-stained vampire.” Meanwhile, Hydra learns that Bloody Eye’s plan is to ultimately battle her. Then, Maria launches a risky strategy in an attempt to get Mary back. But is the risk worth his own life? -- VIZ Media

Life of Mary, Queen of Scots. [By James Grant.]

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Total Pages : 214 pages
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Download or read book Life of Mary, Queen of Scots. [By James Grant.] written by Mary (Queen of Scots) and published by . This book was released on 1828 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Stork Club Bar Book

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ISBN 13 : 9781614278177
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (781 download)

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Book Synopsis The Stork Club Bar Book by : Lucius Beebe

Download or read book The Stork Club Bar Book written by Lucius Beebe and published by . This book was released on 2015-05-07 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Fires of Faith

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Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300168896
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Book Synopsis Fires of Faith by : Eamon Duffy

Download or read book Fires of Faith written by Eamon Duffy and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2010-10-26 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The reign of Mary Tudor has been remembered as an era of sterile repression, when a reactionary monarch launched a doomed attempt to reimpose Catholicism on an unwilling nation. Above all, the burning alive of more than 280 men and women for their religious beliefs seared the rule of “Bloody Mary' into the protestant imagination as an alien aberration in the onward and upward march of the English-speaking peoples. In this controversial reassessment, the renowned reformation historian Eamon Duffy argues that Mary's regime was neither inept nor backward looking. Led by the queen's cousin, Cardinal Reginald Pole, Mary's church dramatically reversed the religious revolution imposed under the child king Edward VI. Inspired by the values of the European Counter-Reformation, the cardinal and the queen reinstated the papacy and launched an effective propaganda campaign through pulpit and press. Even the most notorious aspect of the regime, the burnings, proved devastatingly effective. Only the death of the childless queen and her cardinal on the same day in November 1558 brought the protestant Elizabeth to the throne, thereby changing the course of English history.

Mary Tudor

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Publisher : Penguin Books
ISBN 13 : 0143128655
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)

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Book Synopsis Mary Tudor by : Anna Whitelock

Download or read book Mary Tudor written by Anna Whitelock and published by Penguin Books. This book was released on 2016-02-23 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unadulterated look at "Bloody Mary"--Elder daughter of Henry VIII, Catholic zealot, and England's first and most murderous queen--argues that history has treated the much-maligned monarch unfairly.

The Children of Henry VIII

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Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0307806863
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Book Synopsis The Children of Henry VIII by : Alison Weir

Download or read book The Children of Henry VIII written by Alison Weir and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2011-09-21 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Fascinating . . . Alison Weir does full justice to the subject.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer At his death in 1547, King Henry VIII left four heirs to the English throne: his only son, the nine-year-old Prince Edward; the Lady Mary, the adult daughter of his first wife Katherine of Aragon; the Lady Elizabeth, the teenage daughter of his second wife Anne Boleyn; and his young great-niece, the Lady Jane Grey. In this riveting account Alison Weir paints a unique portrait of these extraordinary rulers, examining their intricate relationships to each other and to history. She traces the tumult that followed Henry's death, from the brief intrigue-filled reigns of the boy king Edward VI and the fragile Lady Jane Grey, to the savagery of "Bloody Mary," and finally the accession of the politically adroit Elizabeth I. As always, Weir offers a fresh perspective on a period that has spawned many of the most enduring myths in English history, combining the best of the historian's and the biographer's art. “Like anthropology, history and biography can demonstrate unfamiliar ways of feeling and being. Alison Weir's sympathetic collective biography, The Children of Henry VIII does just that, reminding us that human nature has changed--and for the better. . . . Weir imparts movement and coherence while re-creating the suspense her characters endured and the suffering they inflicted.”—The New York Times Book Review

Bloody Mary in the Mirror

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Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 9781604731873
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (318 download)

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Book Synopsis Bloody Mary in the Mirror by : Alan Dundes

Download or read book Bloody Mary in the Mirror written by Alan Dundes and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2002 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seven ways in which psychoanalysis illuminates folklore Bloody Mary in the Mirror mixes Sigmund Freud with vampires and explores various folklore genres to see what new light psychoanalysis can shed on folklore techniques and forms. In seven fascinating essays, folklorist Alan Dundes applies psychoanalytic theory to illuminate such genres as legend (in the vampire tale), folktale (in the ancient Egyptian tale of two brothers), custom (in fraternity hazing and ritual fasting), and games (in the modern Greek game of "Long Donkey"). One of two essays Dundes co-authored with daughter Lauren Dundes, professor of sociology at Western Maryland College, successfully probes the content of Disney's The Little Mermaid, yielding new insights into this popular reworking of a Hans Christian Andersen favorite. Among folk rituals investigated is the girl's game of "Bloody Mary." Elementary or middle school-age girls huddle in a darkened bathroom awaiting the appearance in the mirror of a frightening apparition. The plausible analysis of this well-known, if somewhat puzzling, rite is one of many surprising and enlightening finds in this book. All of the essays in this volume create new takes on old traditions. Bloody Mary in the Mirror is an expedition into psychoanalytic folklore techniques and constitutes a giant step towards realizing the potential psychoanalysis promises for folklore studies. Alan Dundes (deceased) was professor of anthropology and folklore at the University of California, Berkeley.

Bloody Mary

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Publisher : Image Comics
ISBN 13 : 1632158264
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (321 download)

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Book Synopsis Bloody Mary by : Garth Ennis

Download or read book Bloody Mary written by Garth Ennis and published by Image Comics. This book was released on 2016-03-09 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IN 1999, WE ALL WENT BACK TO WAR. In a world only slightly worse than our own, a third great European conflict has dragged the major powers into a lethal war of attrition. Now, Mary Malone, the most dangerous assassin in a land of killers, must face both a man who cannot die and a crazed cult leader whose flock are all too ready to die for him. Garth Ennis (Preacher, The Boys, War Story) and Carlos Ezquerra (Judge Dredd, Strontium Dog, Adventures in the Rifle Brigade) present an action-packed tale of future warfare and a heroine whose faith lies firmly in firepower.

Game of Queens

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Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465096794
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Book Synopsis Game of Queens by : Sarah Gristwood

Download or read book Game of Queens written by Sarah Gristwood and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2016-11-29 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Sarah Gristwood has written a masterpiece that effortlessly and enthrallingly interweaves the amazing stories of women who ruled in Europe during the Renaissance period."--Alison Weir Sixteenth-century Europe saw an explosion of female rule. From Isabella of Castile, and her granddaughter Mary Tudor, to Catherine de Medici, Anne Boleyn, and Elizabeth Tudor, these women wielded enormous power over their territories, shaping the course of European history for over a century. Across boundaries and generations, these royal women were mothers and daughters, mentors and protégées, allies and enemies. For the first time, Europe saw a sisterhood of queens who would not be equaled until modern times. A fascinating group biography and a thrilling political epic, Game of Queens explores the lives of some of the most beloved (and reviled) queens in history.

Elizabeth's Spymaster

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Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0312368224
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (123 download)

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Book Synopsis Elizabeth's Spymaster by : Robert Hutchinson

Download or read book Elizabeth's Spymaster written by Robert Hutchinson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-08-07 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A profile of the leading spymaster for Queen Elizabeth I explores his role in uncovering information that helped preserve England in the face of a network of powerful English Catholic families and the efforts of Catholic Spain to impose Catholicism on its