Opening book details…
Can I read Mary I : England's Catholic queen on EtoBox?
Mary I : England's Catholic queen by John Edwards, Edwards, John is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Mary I : England's Catholic queen about?
The lifestory of Mary I—daughter of Henry VIII and his Spanish wife, Catherine of Aragon—is often distilled to a few dramatic episodes: her victory over the attempted coup by Lady Jane Grey, the imprisonment of her half-sister Elizabeth, the bloody burning of Protestants, her short marriage to Philip of Spain. This original and deeply researched biography paints a far more detailed portrait of Mary and offers a fresh understanding of her religious faith and policies as well as her historical significance in England and beyond. John Edwards, a leading scholar of English and Spanish history, is the first to make full use of Continental archives in this context, especially Spanish ones, to demonstrate how Mary's culture, Catholic faith, and politics were thoroughly Spanish. Edwards begins with Mary's origins, follows her as she battles her increasingly erratic father, and focuses particular attention on her notorious religious policies, some of which went horribly wrong from her point of view. The book concludes with a consideration of Mary's five-year reign and the frustrations that plagued her final years. Childless, ill, deserted by her husband, Mary died in the full knowledge that
Who reads Mary I : England's Catholic queen?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- John Edwards, Edwards, John
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780300118100
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Memoir, Fiction, History
Other editions & translations
More by John Edwards, Edwards, John
Browse all works by John Edwards, Edwards, John
Similar books
- Mary Tudor : England's First Queen — Anna Whitelock (2010)
- The myth of "Bloody Mary" : a biography of Queen Mary I of England — Linda Porter (2009)
- Bloody Mary: The Life and Legacy of England's Most Notorious Queen — Charles River Editors (2015)
- Catherine of Aragon : Henry's Spanish queen : a biography — Giles Tremlett (2010)
- Arbella : England's lost queen — Sarah Gristwood (2005)
- Bloody Mary : Ghost of a Queen? — Andrus, Aubre, author (2020)