How Queen Mary Earned Her Bloody Reputation | Mary I - Bloody Mary | Chronicle

The Tudors always make me feel better about my dysfunctional family 😂

Henry, her father, slaughtered thousands too, but he was a man, so no one calls him 'bloody Henry'

Anne Boleyn's friends' advice: "Don't lose your head because of that guy, whatever you do."

I enjoy listening to Professor David Starkey's narration of these videos. He makes the past come alive.

Catherine was fat? I swear did Henry own a frigging mirror ! LOL

If Mary had been allowed to marry when she was younger, there might have been a Tudor dynasty as long as the Plantagenets. Because of Henry’s obsession with producing a male heir there was only 3 generations of Tudor royalty.

“Her usual neat handwriting begins to disintegrate” It looks like calligrapher wrote it.

If you're on the fence about screening this documentary, it is every bit as exceptionally edifying as it is engagingly entertaining. Educational and compelling, this is a history documentary done right and represents a worthwhile potential use one's time to develop a more well-informed understanding of English history. Thanks for hosting, Medieval History Docs.

David always narrates history videos very well!

I love the documentaries of this professor, I like his style and his clarity. Informative and yet entertaining.

Elizabeth listening to Mary's last will and testimony: Sure sis, im not upset at all about you imprisoning me, calling me a bastard child, slandering my mother or trying to force me to convert to your religion.....

Queen Mary was someone “evil” that could be empathised with. She was a victim of her father’s moves, including the divorce of her parents, and subsequent mistreatments by Anne Boleyn. She wanted to prove her point, and she had to endure hardships such as not allowed to hear masses in her favourite language. These weren’t her faults. She was also educated to understand that males were more important, and so she tried her best to get a husband and an offspring, claiming someone to be used by God and blessed time and again, there was no reason why she would think otherwise. She is definitely bloody, out of the desire to clear all bad influences poised by the Reformed religions, and trying to make right of the wrongs in her eyes. And one more thing that I have learnt, is why Elizabeth I eventually chose not to marry, after seeing all these troubles from her father to her half-sister.

Excellent tutorial about a sad, benighted woman who was cursed by a king who destroyed uncountable lives during his infamous reign.

I didn’t know her step mom (Anne Boleyn) was cruel to Mary… It gives her a new perspective. They always paint her mistress or a victim

A lot of the turbulence of these times was Henry's breaking up of the monastic system and desire to have the wealth of the Catholic church added to his coffers. His people killed hundreds of priests,monks and nuns. When Mary came to power, she engaged in the same behavior to try to restore Catholicism. Her advisors and the nobles wanted it, and made it happen as necessary for their continued support. It almost always comes down to money 😐😐😐🤔🤔

I appreciate the vast knowledge of the presenter. I found this informative, entertaining, and highly enjoyable. Thank you.

How can you only have 160,000 subscribers? Great channel. Looking forward to watching all of your content

Very interesting. and very well presented ….Thank You 👏👏👏

Problem with people who are evil is either they believe they are doing good or they are holding onto their past or both. You can tell yourself whatever you like trying to justify your actions but i never sympathize with people who are cruel and have a tough past. If your situation is current and if you're fighting your past to overcome it that i will sympathize with you for but if you never accept what happened to change for the better or do your best to get help to overcome this problem you're doing it to yourself and you will always be sad and depressed. Taking it out on others because of your past issues isn't any excuse. Mary is no exception nor are her actions.

Wonderful story telling, I enjoyed this. Thank you