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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- Queen of England and Ireland (1553–1558) who reestablished Roman Catholicism (1555). Her persecution of Protestants earned her the nickname “Bloody Mary.”
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- noun daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon who was Queen of England from 1553 to 1558; she was the wife of Philip II of Spain and when she restored Roman Catholicism to England many Protestants were burned at the stake as heretics (1516-1558)
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Examples
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Cranmer was tried for treason and heresy when Mary I, a Roman Catholic, came to the throne.
AS SEEN ON TV: ARCHBISHOP THOMAS CRANMER Toby O'B 2010
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Unfortunately, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers will still be on hand, but I expect I will watch anyway, to see how the show comes out I do wish the show was going to continue and gives us the reigns of Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth.
Requiem for a Queen grrm 2010
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In 1557 the Venetian ambassador, Giovanni Michiel, wrote a lengthy report on the appearance and personality of Queen Mary I, that has become a valuable source in the examination of this figure.
Archive 2009-08-01 elena maria vidal 2009
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Right now, I'm trying to juggle Anne Boleyn, twentieth-century versions of, with Mary I, Victorian versions of; the former is a stand-alone article you know, the one I've been talking about for several months now..., the latter a conference paper now and a book chapter later.
Booking, overbooking 2006
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Right now, I'm trying to juggle Anne Boleyn, twentieth-century versions of, with Mary I, Victorian versions of; the former is a stand-alone article you know, the one I've been talking about for several months now..., the latter a conference paper now and a book chapter later.
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It shows Elizabeth with siblings Edward VI and Mary I, father Henry VIII and his jester, Will Somers.
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It shows Elizabeth with siblings Edward VI and Mary I, father Henry VIII and his jester, Will Somers.
Archive 2008-06-01 Jan 2008
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honorable mention to Mary I knew that was a winner, and I think ForniGate looks better.
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