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Tzakaria1 |
mary tudor
Sep 28 2009, 9:55 AM EDT
She had Cranmer executed anyway because he was the one who sanctioned her mother's and father's divorce, which declared her a bastard. It was kind of like pay back.
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LNor19 |
1. RE: mary tudor
Sep 28 2009, 11:11 AM EDT
"She had Cranmer executed anyway because he was the one who sanctioned her mother's and father's divorce, which declared her a bastard. It was kind of like pay back."Most likely that being the reason, it was certainly unlawful and not very Queenly of her, or then again Cranmer had personally offended Mary, and it is was a great and a few monarch of that time who did not do away those who had offended them. They (monarchs) were all quite unlawful in that aspect weren't they? Do you find this valuable? |
Elliemental |
2. RE: mary tudor
Sep 28 2009, 12:04 PM EDT
"She had Cranmer executed anyway because he was the one who sanctioned her mother's and father's divorce, which declared her a bastard. It was kind of like pay back."Well, don`t forget that Cranmer was also an ambominable heretic in Mary`s eyes, so it wasn`t just revenge. I`m not defending her, just pointing that out. After all, she desparately wanted England returned to the See of Rome. And she had to prove herself, and Cranmer was a big catch. Poor Cranmer, he was an old man by this stage! Do you find this valuable? |
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3. RE: mary tudor
Sep 28 2009, 12:31 PM EDT
| Post edited: Sep 28 2009, 12:33 PM EDT
"The steps leading to Cranmer's execution were very exceptional since the Marian Church did let people go if they recanted their Protestantism.There hasn't been a case where an individual who had recanted was still sent to the stake. His death was unlawful as under church guidelines a repented heretic who embraced the Church was not to be punished with the flames. Why Mary chose to persecute him is a matter of some debate. Did Mary blame him for her mother's humiliation and the fact that she had been bastardised as it was he who announced the annulment of her parent's marriage? Was it because she saw him a as a figurehead for the Protestant Edwardian Reformation or for political reasons, she saw him as a liability? Did she believe it was her 'duty' to remove him as she felt he was not being sincere in his recantation? Despite her reasons, her decision was unwise as she could have exploited Cranmer's recantation. Instead she made him into a martyr and thus strengthened the Protestant cause." - Quote from : http://tudorswiki.sho.com/page/Queen+Mary+I+controversies Do you find this valuable? |
