Mary I, the daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, took the English throne after the brief reign of her half-brother, Edward VI. She sought to return England to the Catholic Church and is most remembered for burning nearly 300 English Protestants at the stake for heresy, which earned her the nickname “Bloody Mary.”
Henry VII
Henry VII of England was the first Tudor king and the founder of a powerful royal dynasty. He ruled from 1485 to 1509, ending the Wars of the Roses and securing his throne.
excommunication
excommunication is the most severe expression of formal spiritual pronouncement in the process of church discipline. As the name implies, excommunication is to deny a person in the public means of grace within their respective Christian community because of unrepentant sin, usually a sin of grievous, harmful, and public nature.
Reformation
The religious revolution that took place in the Western world in the 16th century that became the basis for the founding of Protestantism.
