Mary Tudor: The Most Evil Women In History

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Mary Tudor was the first child of her parents, Henry VIII of England and Catherine of Aragon, to survive until adulthood. For Henry VIII, this was not an ideal situation, because he wanted a son to succeed him. Since he and his first wife were not successful in creating a healthy son, Henry VIII decided that he wanted to divorce his wife and remarry. During this time, it was against the Catholic religion to get a divorce; and since he was desperate, he went ahead and converted to Protestantism. Henry VIII ended up marrying again and having a son, Edward, who became king at the age of nine after the passing of his father. He continued his father’s Protestant beliefs until his death. Following Edward’s death, Mary Tudor was given power. She ended up making quite a name for herself during …show more content…

Throughout the past couple of weeks, learning about who Mary Tutor was and what she did, it seemed as though it was very one-sided. Taking all of the information given into consideration, before getting deeper into Fires of Faith, it was believed that Mary Tudor was completely evil and abused her power as Queen of England. One of the most eye-opening references that stood out was the video mentioned earlier, The Most Evil Women in History Bloody Mary Tudor. It attracted the most attention because of the context used to describe Tutor and her actions. The video calls her out for killing innocent people, which is true, but they stress on the fact that she murdered a pregnant woman. This is a key example of historical relativism done wrong. The creators of the video were able to make the viewers feel emotion with the continued mention of the pregnant woman and the horrific detail that went along with it. This lead the audience to form an extremely negative opinion on Tudor, which was most likely the ultimate goal of the video in the first

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