Assignment VII: Mary I
Below you will find several homework options to choose from. The first 30 points will count as homework and anything over that, up to a total of 60 points, will count as extra credit (but I can't give you credit for more than 60 points total).
Please send your homework to hol.thetudors@gmail.com
The subject line should be "HW 7 - The Tudors"
Don't forget to put your HOL name and House at the top of your email.
This assignment is due no later than April 30th, 11:59 pm HOL time.
Short Answer (10 points):
Answer these in one to three complete sentences.
1. What did Phillip insist should be done with Lady Jane after she was arrested?
2. As she was dying, what did Mary say she would regret the most?
3. Give two reasons why some people resented Mary's choice of husband.
4. Why didn't Mary want to marry Edward Courtenay?
5. Why did Mary burn so many Protestants as heretics?
True or False (10 points):
If the statement is false, please correct it.
1. For her persecution of the Protestants, Mary was given the nickname "Bloody Mary."
2. Mary wasn't very fond of Phillip and married him only for political reasons.
3. Phillip was blamed for Mary's harsh attitude towards the Protestants.
4. Mary was relieved when Lady Jane was executed.
5. Phillip spent less and less time in England after he realized he would never become king.
Multiple Choice (10 points):
1. What option was Lady Jane given besides execution?
A. Permanent exile from England
B. Conversion to Catholicism
C. Perpetual imprisonment in the Tower
D. Taking a public oath of fealty to Mary and Phillip
2. How many people were burned as heretics during Mary's reign?
A. About 300
B. About 100
C. About 600
D. About 10
3. Why was Edward Courtenay imprisoned in the Tower of London?
A. For treason against Mary
B. For treason against Edward VI
C. For helping to make Lady Jane queen
D. Because he had a good claim to the throne
4. Which French city did England lose during Mary's reign?
A. Nice
B. Calais
C. Bordeaux
D. Paris
5. Why was Mary never close to her half-sister Elizabeth?
A. Elizabeth was Protestant
B. Elizabeth was much younger
C. Elizabeth's mother, Anne, treated Mary's mother very harshly
D. All of the above
Opinion/Essay (10 points each):
A. England during Mary's rule was still primarily a Catholic country, with only a small minority of the population Protestant, which is probably a large part of why she was so confident her plan to return the country to the Roman Catholic Church would succeed. Do you think she might have succeeded, had she lived longer? Or do you think that the burnings would only have caused more and more resentment of her? There's no right answer here, but I'd like to hear your thoughts based on what you've learned about Mary.
B. Mary I began life as a pampered princess with a father who doted on her and a mother she was very close to. When Henry VIII decided to marry Anne Boleyn, Mary was declared a bastard at age 17, saw her mother divorced and exiled and was never allowed to see her again. She never developed a close relationship with her siblings, most likely due to differences in age and of religion. Do you believe this may have had any effect on her reign and on some of her decisions, such as the persecution of Protestants? Do you believe history doesn't take her background into consideration and judges her too harshly?
C. "Bloody Mary" had reputation for the persecution of Protestants, and her fervent wish that England remain Catholic, and yet she never took steps to make certain that her sister, Elizabeth, a known Protestant who never renounced her faith, did not become queen after her death. Why do you believe Mary did not have Elizabeth executed?
Art (30 points):
Mary and Philip were married in July, 1554 -- just five days after they first met! -- and the ceremony was as much a public political alliance as it was a wedding. A contemporary -- and very creatively spelled -- description of the wedding can be found here: http://tudorhistory.org/primary/janemary/app11.html. (If anyone has trouble reading it, let me know and I'll be glad to help. Sixteenth century English isn't always easy to decipher.) Based on this, draw a scene from the wedding ceremony or the celebrations afterwards. I don't expect absolute accuracy, but I'd like to see some sense of the opulence and importance of a royal wedding at this time. Have fun with it!
Research (30 points each):
1. Thomas Cranmer (who you may remember from Lesson IV) was removed from his post as Archbishop of Canterbury after Mary took the throne. As a leader of the Protestant Reformation in England, Mary had him tried for treason and he was sentenced to be burned at the stake... but his end was not quite what anyone expected, possibly not even Cranmer himself. Write an essay on his trial and his eventful last days. Minimum 250 words for full points, and please list your sources. Do not copy-paste!
2. In 1554, the year after Mary was crowned, a man named Sir Thomas Wyatt began to organize an armed rebellion upon learning that she intended to marry Philip of Spain. Though the rebellion was unsuccessful, this was Mary's first crisis, and she handled it well. Write an essay about Wyatt's Rebellion. What were their plans to launch the rebellion and what did they hope to accomplish? Be sure to mention at least three reasons why the rebellion failed. Minimum 250 words for full credit, and please list your sources.