Failure [M1 Religion]

How many Protestants did Mary execute for heresy and who were the most prominent victims

289 Protestants were burned at the stake including Archbishop Cranmer Bishop Latimer Ridley and Hooper

What was the wider public reaction to the mass heresy burnings

Aroused deep sympathy for the Protestant martyrs among the population

Which regions of England remained strongholds for Protestant adherents despite Mary's reforms

Religious diversity remained an issue with strong Protestant adherents in London and the South of England

What legal status did the religious settlement of Edward VI possess when Mary took the throne

The religious settlement of Edward VI was legal and fully upheld in statute law

Why did nobles and councillors heavily resist returning church property

Many had benefited from the sale of monastic land and had no desire to return their newly acquired property

What legal contradiction did Mary face when attempting to repeal the Act of Supremacy

Mary had to acknowledge the supremacy of statute law over divine law to repeal it

When was the status of the Church finally resolved and what obstacle remained

Not resolved until her third Parliament between 1554 and 1555 and the issue of monastic lands remained a problem

What caused the political conflict between Cardinal Pole and Mary's councillors

Disputes over authority as councillors insisted no foreigners had jurisdiction over English property

How did the accession of Pope Paul IV in 1555 harm Mary's foreign policy

The French Pope was anti Spanish and hostile to Mary's marriage dragging England into the Franco Spanish war

What serious accusation did Pope Paul IV level against Cardinal Pole in April 1557

Regarded Pole as a heretic and dismissed him as Papal legate demanding he return to Rome to answer charges

How did Mary respond to the Pope's demands to send Cardinal Pole to Rome

Mary stubbornly refused to release him from England

What famous text published in 1563 permanently damaged Mary's historical reputation

Foxe's Book of Martyrs which condemned Mary for her cruelty and ungodliness

Did Mary's aggressive persecution succeed in wiping out Protestant beliefs

Heresy failed to be extinguished during the reign of Mary I

What dual deaths in November 1558 permanently cut short the Catholic restoration

The near simultaneous deaths of Mary I and Cardinal Pole limited the restoration of the Catholic Church

How severely was the leadership of the Catholic Church disrupted at the time of Mary's death

Six sees were left entirely vacant with no bishops to restore Catholicism

How many copies of the Protestant 1552 Prayer Book were estimated to still be in circulation

An estimated 19000 copies of the 1552 Prayer Book remained in circulation