1. By the end of the lesson………
I will be able to write a balanced argument to answer the question “ Did Mary I deserve the nickname Bloody Mary”?
I will also be able to explain why some people interpret /view the past in different ways

2. Assessment Criteria
All - can explain that the past can be represented or interpreted in different ways. (Level 4) Most - can suggest reasons for different interpretations of events, people. ( Level 5) Some - can describe and begin to explain different historical interpretations of events and people ( Level 6)

3. So, did Mary I deserve the nickname “Bloody Mary?”

4. Early Life
She doted on her father but was sent away when she was young
He once boasted that “this little girl never cries”
She lived in fear for her life when Edward VI ( her half brother) was King as she continued to hear mass. His advisors did not like fact that she was Catholic.

5. Queen Mary
When Edward died Lady Jane Grey was made Queen by Edward on his death bed
The Duke of Northumberland put pressure on Edward to name Lady Jane Grey Queen ( She was his daughter in law)
The Duke took advantage of Edward’s strong protestant beliefs to achieve this.

6. Queen Lady Jane Grey
Lady Jane Grey – Queen for nine days

7. However………….
Mary and Elizabeth rode into London and deposed Queen Jane
Mary became Mary I who was popular with the people of England (Catherine had always been popular with the English people)
Lady Jane Grey was now locked up in the Tower of London alongside her new husband

8. So where did all go wrong?
Mary’s marriage to Phillip of Spain (later Phillip II) was extremely unpopular.
People thought Spain would control England.
There was public disorder and an unsuccessful rebellion led by Wyatt who wanted to put Elizabeth on the throne.

9. Phillip and Mary I

10. Consequences……..
Wyatt was executed claiming Elizabeth had nothing to do with the plot
Elizabeth was arrested and taken to the tower of London
Lady Jane Grey was executed, she was only 16 years old.

11. Execution of Lady Jane Gray
Execution Lady Jane Gray. What was she killed with? Why was she executed?

12. A young Elizabeth by unknown artist

13. The Counter-Reformation
Mary now made the Roman Catholic Church the official religion of England
Churches had statues and stained glass windows returned.
Priests who were married had to leave their wives
The Pope was now Head of the Church
Those that refused to change their religion were ………..

14. And this one?????
Execution of Thomas Crammer

15. Martyrs
284 Protestants were burned publicly at the stake for the crime of Heresy
These deaths were recorded in Foxes Book of Martyrs which later became the best selling book in England
Thomas Crammer recanted but was executed anyway
Mary was given the nickname “Bloody Mary” but was this fair?

16. On the one hand…………
Write a heading “Did Mary I deserve the nickname “Bloody Mary” and underline this twice.
Now write a paragraph using the opening sentence above to explain why Mary deserved this nickname.

17. Is this a balanced argument?

18. What can you learn from this graph?
Monarch Length of reign Burnings for heresy Other executions
Henry VII
Henry VIII ,000
Edward VI
Mary
Elizabeth hanged after rebellion I n North
Every year people hanged in county of Essex alone for small-scale theft.

19. On the other hand………
Protestants were being burned and executed throughout Europe by the Roman Catholic church on the orders of the Pope.
None of the other rulers are remembered this way
Mary believed that she was saving people souls from “eternal damnation”
Some Historians believe that Foxes Book of Martyr’s was used as propaganda against Mary and affected how people remembered her

20. On the other hand……….
Now write another paragraph to give the other side of the argument using the opening sentence above.
Make sure that you use figures from the table

21. In my opinion I think that…..
Now write a final paragraph and to say whether you think that Mary deserved this nickname or not. Make sure that you give your reasons.
Remember not to judge people in the past by our standards today and remember religion was very important to many people during the Tudor period.

22. Extension
Write an obituary of Mary’s life from a Catholic perspective. Annotate and explain all the phrases a Protestant would disagree with.
You will need to show Bias which is evident in the use of adjectives e.g. Courageous, Saintly, righteous, bloodthirsty

23. Challenge
Look at the following site you can read a letter from Elizabeth to Mary. Can you summarize what she is saying to her half sister?
aphy/pdf/doc_1.pdf