Expert: Mark Smith - 11/14/2005

Question
Hello my name is Josh Hinson.  I am doing a report on the direct affects of Mary Tudor's protestant killings on England.  If you could tell me some or point me in the right direction I would greatly appriciate it.

Thanks
Josh Hinson

Answer
Hello Josh.
Sorry I was a bit abrupt with my answer yesterday, I was short of time.
The main effect of the burning of Protestants was that it lost Mary any sympathy she may have had with the ordinary people. She was already unpopular through her marriage to Philip of Spain, but her religious policies throughly alienated her.
Most people, even Catholics, did not want mass burnings, they wanted to see people converted rather than executed.
If you can find it there's a very good piece on this in
The English Reformation by A G Dickens. See Chapter 11 Queen Mary's Contribution subchapter The Martyrs.
Mark