Mary I
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Renaissance
- Categories: Government and Politics, Women’s Issues, Religion, Ethics, Royalty, Rulers, Nobility
- Subcategories: Reformation, Christianity, Christians, Churches, Kings, Queens, Kingdoms, Monarchy, Catholic Church, Catholics
- Curriculum: Women’s History, British History, Renaissance History
Article abstract: Mary was the first woman to rule England in her own right; she also restored Catholicism to her country.
Early Life
Mary I was the first surviving child of King Henry VIII and his first wife, Catherine of Aragon. Although Henry VIII wanted a male heir and although he could still hope a son would be born, Mary received more than the normal attention due a royal child. Catherine commissioned the Spanish humanist, Juan Vives, to devise an educational program for Mary and employed Thomas Linacre as her daughter’s first tutor. Henry often...
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