Bloody Mary I - England's Worst Queen? Documentary

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[janicehurst]

What a lonely sad life Mary Tudor had..discarded by her father and also her husband Then to die hated by her people. Another engrossing story about one of the Tudors. Thank you again for an informative autobiography of one of the lesser known member of the Tudors 🤩🔥

[pbohearn]

Mary fought hard for her happiness, to find love and become a mother. This was not meant to be. What’s truly tragic is that she wanted a child so badly she manifested it psychically. After the humiliation, departure from her husband, and loss of hope, I think she went crazy.

[jolo]

One thing that I learned from Dan Jones is that history is written by the victors. I don't think we'll ever know what truly happened behind the throne. I love this series and so glad I came across it. Finally, the algorithm got it right! Thank you so much for posting. 💞

[jameskpolkastronomyhistory]

I am addicted to learning about henry viii and his family

[amandasanchez]

How could anyone dislike these videos...smh!! I appreciate history and learning new things everyday thank u for these videos guys

[jonmilton]

By the way of numbers, Elizabeth I executed more Catholics (many, but not all, whose only fault was simply being Catholic) than Mary I executed Protestants. Yet, due to the bias of historians, Mary I has come down to us as "Bloody Mary, " or the "worst queen of England, " when in fact, many of the institutions and ideas of Elizabeth I found their genus in Mary's reign. Mary has gotten the worst treatment out of all the monarchs of England, including Charles I, simply because she was a woman and a devout Catholic.

[MarilynRB]

Imagine how different things would have been for Mary if she was married at a younger age. We might have never had a Queen Elizabeth I If Mary had heirs. Henry was just awful to her and her mother.

[felipedeodonoju]

Imagine! IMAGINE how powerful would’ve been if Queen Mary would have had an heir with Philip. That child would’ve possessed England (Wales), Ireland, and the Spanish Habsburg Empire…

[ElizabethF]

I've always thought Mary got a bad rap. Even though the burnings were so horrific and obviously very wrong, Elizabeth I executed many hundreds of Catholics and is "Gloriana." Mary executed 280 Protestants and is "Bloody Mary." She literally went from Princess to bastard overnight and endured much cruelty from her own father and Anne Boleyn. I can't imagine what that did to her when Anne Boleyn had her moved to Hatfield to work as a servant for Elizabeth. I think Anne was intensely jealous of Catherine and Mary and she couldn't hurt Catherine, so she took her anger and jealousy out on Mary who was a helpless teenager at the time. That is why I have never liked Anne, although I do admire her courage and intelligence. Great documentary! Love this channel!!!

[brontewcat]

Very good and balanced documentary. I have always been an Elizabeth fan, but that doesn’t mean I can’t see the good and bad in both Mary and Elizabeth. I think you did a great job in demonstrating Mary’s strength s as well as her faults.

[krazyshorty]

Queen Mary Tudor was tough but I don’t think she was England’s worst queen. At the beginning, she was a very forgiving queen. She wanted her reign to be a merciful one. She was England’s first Queen which was groundbreaking and courageous in itself. She was a Tudor— if she were male, her aggressions would have been over looked, even praised as ruthless, she should get her credit.

[lucifermorningstar-kf]

“Why should I apologise for being a monster when no one ever apologised for making me one?”

-Me

[christopherbawden]

Greatings all! Thanks again for the continued support of the channel 😊

My thoughts on Bloody Mary after narrating this piece is that while the atrocities committed are unspeakable and evidently wrong, I do feel that Mary as an individual was placed in one hell of a bind, and all her awful experiences up to that point influenced her, for better or for worse. She was INDEED a fascinating women

[latoyah]

I had to watch over a few days in order to give my complete attention tion and focus. VERY WELL DONE 👏. I love that her fathers policies and issues/wives were not heavily relied upon to flesh out the story. Mary has an interesting yet tragic life and while a lot of what her Father did to her and her mother make up a deal.of her later in life strongly held beliefs, I hate that some stories only rely on that. This was not one of those. Thank you for bringing this little known yet favorite Queen Of mine to life for others. I feel her story gets glossed over in favor of her PRE and post predecessors. Thank you for telling her story and doing it beautifully.

[ousslak]

Mary Tudor's misfortune was that history was written by her enemies. Mary was a brave and brilliant queen, she made the mistake to allow the pyre which was mainly recommended by the church cause Mary was tolerant toward the heretics. They convincef her that the drought was in fact a punishment from good and that fire was the only was purify the world. Mary s biggest problem was that she was a woman she had to fight the country and the parliament, and she was a strong figure and she managed to obtrude.

[DamonNomad]

IMHO, Mary I is a very complex historical figure. She was extremely intelligent, and one of the most educated women in the world during her lifetime. To simply call her either a monster or a victim would be a gross oversimplification. Many of the darker aspects of her character stemmed from being the daughter of King Henry VIII. Both his DNA and his cruel mistreatment of her and her mother during her youth caused her to resemble him in many ways, few of them good. She was, perhaps a monster in some ways, but a monster of her father's making. Her reign was a disastrous time for England, but many of the disasters were not of her making. Her shameful treatment of Protestants, however, was undeniable and unforgivable, so the epithet of "Bloody Mary" is well-earned and accurate. I hope that my view is somewhat more nuanced than that of my fifteenth great-grandfather, Reverend John Foxe, without going too far in the other direction...

[alexanderkarayannis]

History written by the victors...In the brutal age she became queen, she had no problem burning Protestant dissenters at the stake in large numbers, a Catholic queen succeeded by a Protestant one in the Protestant kingdom she reigned over..Thus nicknamed "Bloody Mary" for her ruthlessness, but, was her father, whom she succeeded, or indeed her own half sister and successor any better, or softer, when dealing with their own enemies...Hardly!...

[MELANIE]

Really enjoyed this. So fed up with how history and misogyny have portrayed historical female figures.
She was a lone woman in a man's world, so she thought and ruled like a man for which she is called Bloody Mary. She was no more ruthless or tyrannical than other rulers .
Her personal life was tragic

[chykim]

I wonder how her mother would've felt about Mary's behavior? Catherine was a decent Godly woman, She wouldn't even allow her nephew to invade england on her behalf, however, her mother was a warrior queen, who was responsible for the Spanish Inquisition. So.. it makes you wonder 🤷

[lisadiahanndavies]

Best Bloody Mary documentary I’ve ever seen, and I’ve seen a few! Thank you!