Mary Tudor has gone down in history as the Catholic tyrant "Bloody Mary." There’s certainly cause for such a brutal nickname: she executed hundreds of Protestants during her short reign.

Does 'Bloody Mary', England’s first crowned queen, deserve her reputation? Lucy Worsley investigates, asking whether Mary should be remembered as a pioneer or a tyrant. Show more Mary Tudor ...

The Catholic Mary Tudor came to the throne in 1553 after a ... Image caption, Under the Catholic Mary I, Bloody Mary, Archbishop Thomas Cranmer was found guilty of treason and heresy and burned ...