300 Prosecitions by Bloody Mary

Beginning in 1555 after Parliament brought backrest the act to allow the killing of heretics, blinking(a) bloody shame attempted to change England ( milksop 2). One of the ways that Queen bloody shame Tudor earned her form of address as Bloody Mary was because she mass-murdered about three-hundred or so Protestants. Mary was Catholic and wanted England to remain as Roman Catholic. The first person to be burned-over at the stake was John Rogers who was the brains behind printing the Matthews-Tyndale record book.Followed by Rogers was Thomas Cranmer, the Archbishop of Canterbury was penalize for the Great Bible (Queen Bloody Mary 2). People who took the side of the heretics were also arrested and eventually killed. Religious leaders publicized their ideas and disagreed with Mary they tried to persuade hoi polloi that horrible rulers should not continue to be a tyrant barely instead resist against them (Queen 2). Other people also burned included Nicholas Ridley Bishop of London, Hugh Latimer Bishop of Worcester, John Philpot Archdeacon of Westminster, and John Hooper Bishop of Gloucester.The executed victims came from all sorts of backgrounds except the nobility, in the sense that poor ordinary regular people were killed. The educated people and preachers were not burned everyday (Queen 2). Once a person had been convicted of heresy, they did not have an opportunity to confess. This shadowy people and brought an ill feeling towards the burnings. People were against it because normally someone would have a chance, even powerful before being burned to confess and apologize, or recant (Queen 3).Overall, Bloody Mary earned the title from her angry English country after the murder of 300 Protestants and Protestant leaders along with ogdoad hundred fled to Germany and Switzerland. It all ended along with her lonely death in 1558. (Biography 4) Works Cited Queen Bloody Mary. GREATSITE. COM antique Bibles, rare Bibles, ancient Bible leaves. 23 Feb. 2009. Great site Marketing. 23 Feb. 2009 . Queen Mary. 23 Feb. 2009 . Biography of Mary Tudor, Bloody Mary. Essortment Articles Free Online Articles on Health, Science, Education & More. 2002. 23 Feb. 2009 .