4.2.9

Returning to Catholicism

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Mary I: Returning to Catholicism

Unlike her brother, Mary I was a Catholic. She wanted to undo Edward VI’s protestant reforms and join England with Rome again.

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Mary I as a Catholic

  • Mary I was a Catholic.
  • She disagreed with her father’s break from Rome and her brother’s religious reforms.
  • Mary I wanted to return England to Catholicism.
  • Mary I deliberately married a Catholic, Prince Philip of Spain.
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Joining with Rome

  • In 1554, England was reunited with Rome.
  • The Pope was made the Head of the Church of England.
  • Bibles and masses returned to being in Latin.
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Persecuting Protestants

  • Mary I persecuted (targeted and executed) Protestants.
  • About 300 men and women were executed, including Archbishop Cranmer and the Bishops Latimer and Ridley.
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Did people support the Counter-Reformation?

  • It is difficult to tell whether people supported Mary I’s Catholic policy.
  • Mary I was able to return England to Catholicism relatively quickly.
  • This would suggest that many people did support Mary I’s policy (and that they were reluctant to accept the Protestant reforms of previous rulers).

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