Series 1 Episode 4 - Bloody Mary - Shorter listen. (Transcript added).

Feel free to email me your thoughts.The Artwork is Portrait of Mary by Antonis Mor. c.1554The Music is    The Lord is my light and my salvation (Psalm: 27) Anglican chant.This is a shorter version, for a quicker read, than the original.After Edward's death, Lady Jane Grey was proclaimed Queen on 10 July 1553 but was soon replaced by Mary Tudor, who fled to East Anglia for safety. On 1 October 1553, Mary was crowned Mary I at Westminster Abbey, becoming the first queen to rule England in her own right. Known as "Bloody Mary," she ordered the execution of 280 Protestants in an effort to restore Catholicism, which led to the emergence of a hidden Protestant church in London. Notably, Cranmer, Ridley, and Latimer were burned at the stake in Oxford. Thomas Cranmer's trial began on 12 September 1555 under papal jurisdiction, and the Vestarian Controversy arose during this time, marking a key moment in the Puritans' reform campaign.