Whether you know her as Mary Tudor, the Lady Mary, Queen Mary I of England or "Bloody Mary" her legacy and reputation is a dark one. Is this fair? Why did this happen? These questions and more will be explored in today's video.

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Intro / Outro song: Silent Partner, "Greenery" [   • Greenery – Silent Partner (No Copyrig...  ]


Images:

King Henry I by an unknown artist (c.15971618). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Portrait of Empress Matilda, from "History of England" by St. Albans monks (15th century); Cotton Nero D. VII, f.7, British Library.

King Stephen by an unknown artist (c.15971618). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

King Henry II by an unknown artist (c.15971618). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Katherine Parr, attributed to Master John (c. 1545). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Mary Tudor (later Queen Mary I) by Master John (1544). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

King Edward VI and the Pope by an unknown artist (c. 1575). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Detail showing Mary I and Philip of Spain from The Family of Henry VIII: An Allegory of the Tudor Succession, attributed to Lucas de Heere (c.1572). Held by the National Museum Cardiff.

Thomas Cranmer's execution, burning in 1556. John Foxe's Book of Martyrs (1563)