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The Marian Regime II:. Persecution. The Martyr’s Memorial, Oxford (19 th century). ‘I do not think it well that your majesty should allow further executions to take place unless the reasons are overwhelmingly strong’. (Imperial Ambassador to Philip, 1554). Mary’s view of persecution?.
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The Marian Regime II: Persecution
‘I do not think it well that your majesty should allow further executions to take place unless the reasons are overwhelmingly strong’. (Imperial Ambassador to Philip, 1554)
Mary’s view of persecution? ‘Touching punishment of heretics, me thinketh it ought to be done without rashness, not leaving in the meanwhile to do justice to such as by learning would seem to deceive the simple.’