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To what extent was Mary I's reign a success?
- Introduction
- Define success
- Based on economy,
foreign policy,
religion, heir,
marriage, popularity
- Based on economy,
foreign policy,
religion, heir,
marriage, popularity
- Historians views
- Most see it
as a failure
- Most see it
as a failure
- Define success
- Economy
- Improved collection
of custom taxes
- Eg Book of Rates
- Eg Book of Rates
- Spent a lot of
money on war
- Reign was
plagued with bad
harvest and famine
- Eg September 1555
was a bad harvest
- Eg in September 1556, was
worst harvest of the century
- Eg in July 1557 there
was widespread death
and sickness
- Eg in September 1558,
there was death and an
influenza epidemic
- Eg September 1555
was a bad harvest
- Improved collection
of custom taxes
- Marriage
- Heir
- Failed to provide an heir
- An heir would have
secured Catholcism
- Would have provided
stability with relations with
Netherlands and Spain
- Would have secured cloth
trade, which would have
benefitted economy
- Would have secured cloth
trade, which would have
benefitted economy
- Failed to provide an heir
- Brought England into war
- Philip wasn't allowed to
put people on the Privy
Council for fear of
Spanish takeover
- Philip was disliked by the
people, the government
and the Privy Council
- Eg Wyatt's rebellion of 1554
- Eg Wyatt's rebellion of 1554
- Mary seen as a weak ruler
because she ignored the Privy
Council to follow her husband
- Heir
- Popularity with people
- Gender
- Although her Privy
Council respected her
opinions as a queen,
they often disagreed
with them and blamed
them on her gender
- Eg entering the
Hapsburg-Valois
conflict
- Eg entering the
Hapsburg-Valois
conflict
- Although her Privy
Council respected her
opinions as a queen,
they often disagreed
with them and blamed
them on her gender
- Wyatt's rebellion in 1554 was in opposition
to the Spanish marriage and Mary's religious
policies and aimed to depose Mary
- General lack of support for
marriage from the people
- Anti-Catholic pamphlets circulated
during the end of her reign
- Lack of support for
Protestant burnings
at end of reign
- Eg in summer of 1557,
officials reluctant to be
on duty at burnings
- Eg in summer of 1557,
officials reluctant to be
on duty at burnings
- Gender
- Foreign policy
- Drawn into
Hapsburg-Valois conflict
- Foreign policy
decisions not backed
by Privy Council
- Mary's agreement on war
was to appease Philip -->
shows she was a weak queen
- Revival of army and navy
was beneficial to the state
- The war was only successful for
Spain which gained St Quentin
but England lost Calais
- Drawn into
Hapsburg-Valois conflict
- Religion
- Did return to
religion pre-1529
- But failed to fully restore
papal supremacy
- Never fully
returned
monesteries
- Failure to produce and heir and
short reign meant Catholicism
was never secured
- Did return to
religion pre-1529
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