Marian persecutions

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The Marian persecutions were a series of executions of English Protestants under the Catholic reign of Queen Mary I in the 1550s, intended to restore Roman Catholicism in England.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-Protestant campaign
religious persecution
appliesToJurisdiction Church of England
chronology mid-16th century
country Kingdom of England
describedBySource Acts and Monuments
documentedIn Foxe's Book of Martyrs
endTime 1558
follows English Reformation Parliament era
surface form: Protestant Reformation in England
hasCause rejection of papal supremacy by English Protestants
restoration of Roman Catholicism in England
reversal of Protestant reforms of Edward VI
hasEffect association of Mary I with the epithet "Bloody Mary"
growth of anti-Catholic sentiment in England
martyrdom of leading English Protestants
publication of Foxe's Book of Martyrs
strengthening of English Protestant identity
legalBasis heresy laws restored under Mary I
location England
mainSubject English Reformation Parliament era
surface form: English Reformation
mannerOfDeath execution by burning
numberOfVictims about 280
opponent Protestant reformers
opposedReligion Protestantism
participant Edmund Bonner
English Presbyterian Church
surface form: English Protestants

Hugh Latimer
Hugh Latimer
surface form: John Hooper

John Philpot
John Rogers
Thomas Cranmer
surface form: Nicholas Ridley

Reginald Pole
Rowland Taylor
Stephen Gardiner
Thomas Cranmer
partOf Counter-Reformation
surface form: English Counter-Reformation efforts
perpetrator Marian government
Mary I of England
Roman Catholic authorities in England
religion Roman Catholicism
religiousConflict Catholic–Protestant conflict in England
significantEvent burning of Protestant heretics at the stake
significantPlace Canterbury
Colchester
Gloucester
London, England
surface form: London

Oxford
Smithfield
startTime 1555
reign of Mary I (1553–1558)
temporalContext reign of Mary I of England

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Adriana de Weyden event Marian persecutions
subject surface form: John Rogers
Mary I of England notableEvent Marian persecutions
this entity surface form: Marian persecutions of Protestants