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.


Statements (51)
Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-Protestant campaign
religious persecution
appliesToJurisdiction Church of England NERFINISHED
chronology mid-16th century
country Kingdom of England
describedBySource Acts and Monuments NERFINISHED
documentedIn Foxe's Book of Martyrs NERFINISHED
endTime 1558
follows Protestant Reformation in England NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
mannerOfDeath execution by burning
numberOfVictims about 280
opponent Protestant reformers
opposedReligion Protestantism
participant Edmund Bonner NERFINISHED
English Protestants NERFINISHED
Hugh Latimer NERFINISHED
John Hooper NERFINISHED
John Philpot NERFINISHED
John Rogers NERFINISHED
Nicholas Ridley NERFINISHED
Reginald Pole NERFINISHED
Rowland Taylor NERFINISHED
Stephen Gardiner NERFINISHED
Thomas Cranmer NERFINISHED
partOf English Counter-Reformation efforts NERFINISHED
perpetrator Marian government NERFINISHED
Mary I of England NERFINISHED
Roman Catholic authorities in England
religion Roman Catholicism
religiousConflict Catholic–Protestant conflict in England
significantEvent burning of Protestant heretics at the stake
significantPlace Canterbury NERFINISHED
Colchester NERFINISHED
Gloucester NERFINISHED
London NERFINISHED
Oxford NERFINISHED
Smithfield NERFINISHED
startTime 1555
reign of Mary I (1553–1558)
temporalContext reign of Mary I of England

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
John Rogers
event
Mary I of England ("Marian persecutions of Protestants")
notableEvent

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