Mary Tudor
Bartolomé Carranza
The Dominican archbishop who helped restore Catholicism in Mary’s England and was then himself imprisoned by the Spanish Inquisition for seventeen years.
Edmund Bonner
Mary’s Bishop of London, who examined, degraded, and condemned more Protestant martyrs than any other English bishop.
Lady Jane Grey
A biography of Lady Jane Grey, the nine-day queen of England whose biblical learning and Protestant faith remained steadfast through imprisonment and death.
Mary I
The Catholic queen who restored the papacy in England and under whom 288 Protestants were burned.
Philip II
The king who crushed the Spanish Protestants, made war on the Dutch, and sent the Armada against England.
Reginald Pole
Henry VIII’s royal cousin turned cardinal, who returned as papal legate to reconcile England to Rome under Mary.
Stephen Gardiner
The able Bishop of Winchester who led the Catholic reaction against Cranmer and, as Mary’s chancellor, revived the burning of heretics.
