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Bloody Mary


玛丽一世（1553~1558在位）成长于欧洲宗教改革的汹涌大潮之中，其时英国也成为天主教和新教进行殊死搏杀的场所。她的母亲凯瑟琳是一位笃信天主教的西班牙公主，而她的父亲亨利八世为了达到与她母亲离婚的目的，不惜背叛天主教，与罗马教皇决裂，并在国内扶持新教，迫害天主教徒。也许由于上述的成长...

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Mary Tudor was the most hated queen in British history. During her 5-year reign, she threw all England into chaos. Mary beheaded traitors, murdered heretics and had pregnant women burned to death in the name of her religious fanaticism. The entire nation lived in fear.

 

Make no mistake about it, the burning of somebody at the stake is a very nasty business. It takes a long time to die. The smell of human burning fat would have been overpowering.

 

There were nearly 300 burnt in about 3 and half years in Mary's reign, which was actually more than the Spanish Inquisition and the French Chambre Ardente put together in the same period.

 

Thousands fled into hiding, and the streets of English cities were polluted with the putrid smell of burning flesh. She created such terror that she is known as Bloody Mary.

 

Mary Tudor was born in Greenwich in 1516. She was the only surviving child of King Henry VIII and his first wife, Catherine of Aragon.

 

The reaction to Mary's birth is one of happiness but very muted happiness really, people were not cheered up by the fact that the child that was born and lived was a daughter. Henry wanted a son to succeed him. And Mary’s arrival was seen as a second rate birth. After several miscarriages and 5 dead children, Mary’s mother Catherine of Aragon went through the menopause. Henry knew that she could never provide him with the male heir he so desperately wanted.

 

Henry realized that there would be no son and began asking, "well, why?" And his answer was, "well, God doesn't want me to have a son, because my marriage is wrong, my marriage doesn't exist."

 

England was a Catholic country, but the pope would not allow Henry to annul his marriage.  Henry broke from Rome and declared himself the supreme head of the new Church of England.

 

In January 1533, after learning that one of his courtiers Ann Boleyn was pregnant, Henry secretly married her to avoid the risk of having a bastard son. But Ann gave birth to a girl--Mary's stepsister Elizabeth.

 

words:

 

fanaticism    Fanaticism is fanatical behaviour or the quality of being fanatical.
                  =extremism

            

putrid         Something that is putrid has decayed and smells very unpleasant. =rotten

 

menopause   The menopause is the time during which a woman gradually stops menstruating, usually when she is about fifty years old.

 

courtier        Courtiers were noblemen and women who spent a lot of time at the court of  a king or queen.

 

bastard        A bastard is a person whose parents were not married to each other at the time that he or she was born. This use could cause offence.

 

Chambre Ardente       the term for an extraordinary court of justice in France, mainly held for the trials of heretics.

[ 本帖最后由 lurker2006 于 2009-3-27 09:32 编辑 ]

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Mary Juda was the most hated queen in British history. During her 5-year reign , she threw old England into caves. Mary beheaded traitors, murdered Hererotics and have pregnant woman burned to death, in the name of her religeous felatris. The entire nation lived in fear .

 

Murderer should think about it, the burnting of something it takes is very noisy business and it takes a long time to die.The smell of human burning fat would be overpowered.

 

There were nearly 300 burnting in about 3 and half years in Mary's reign. What's exactly more, those Spanish inquisition and French ?? are don't put together in the same period.

 

Thousands fled into hiding, and the streets of English cities were polluted with the putrid smell of burning flesh. She created such terror that she is known as bloody Mary.

 

Mary Jude was born in Greenwich in 1516. She was the only surviving child of king Hunery VIII and his first wife, Catherine Avarica.

 

The reaction to Mary's birth is one of happiness but very muted happiness really people would not cheer up by the fact that the child was born and lift was a daughter. Hunery wanted a son to succeed him. And Mary 's arrival was seen as the second right birth. After several miscarriages of 5 dead children, Mary 's mother Catherine Avarica went through the menopause.

 

Hunery knew that she would never provide him with the heir he was so desperately want.

 

Hunery realised that there would be no son and begin asking,"well, why?".  And his answer was "Well, God doesn't want me have a son,because my marriage is wrong, my marriage doesn't exist."

 

England was a Catholic country, but the pope would not allow Hunery's without his marriage.  Hunery broke from Rome and declared himself the superim head of a new church in England.

In January 1533, after learning that one of his courtess Ann Burlin was pregnant, Hunery secretly married her to avoid the risk of having birth of a son. But Ann gave birth to a girl, Mary steps as Elizabeth.

misslinda

Mary Tudor was the most hated queen in British history. During her 5-year reign , she threw old England into chaos. Mary beheaded traitors, murdered Hererotics and have pregnant woman burned to death, in the name of her religeous felatris. The entire nation lived in fear .

 

Murderer should think about it, the burning of something it takes is very noisy business and it takes a long time to die.The smell of human burning fat would be overpowered.

 

There were nearly 300 burning in about 3 and half years in Mary's reign. What's exactly more, those Spanish inquisition and French Champgne odor were put together in the same period.

 

Thousands fled into hiding, and the streets of English cities were polluted with the putrid smell of burning flesh. She created such terror that she is known as bloody Mary.

 

Mary Tudor was born in Greenwich in 1516. She was the only surviving child of king Hunery VIII and his first wife, Catherine of Aragon.

 

The reaction to Mary's birth is one of happiness but very muted happiness,really people would not cheer up by the fact that the child was born and lived was a daughter. Hunery wanted a son to succeed him. And Mary 's arrival was seen as the second rate birth. After several miscarriages of 5 dead children, Mary 's mother Catherine Avarica went through the menopause.

 

Hunery knew that she would never provide him with the male heir he  so desperately want.

 

Hunery realised that there would be no son and begin asking,"well, why?".  And his answer was "Well, God doesn't want me to have a son,because my marriage is wrong, my marriage doesn't exist."

 

England was a Catholic country, but the pope would not allow Hunery's without his marriage.  Hunery broke from Rome and declared himself the supreme head of a new church in England.

In January 1533, after learning that one of his courtess Ann Burlin was pregnant, Hunery secretly married her to avoid the risk of having birth of a son. But Ann gave birth to a girl, Mary steps as Elizabeth.

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[ 本帖最后由 lurker2006 于 2009-3-25 12:03 编辑 ]

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Mary Tudor was the most hated queen in British history. During her 5-year reign, she threw old England into chaos. Mary beheaded traitors, murdered Heretics and had pregnant women burned to death, in the name of her religious pholefasism. The entire nation lived in fear.

 

Murderer was staked about it, the burning of somebody to stake is a very nasty business. It takes a long time to die. The smell of human burning fat would be overpowered.

 

There were nearly 300 burns in about 3 and half years in Mary's reign, which was exactly more, those Spanish inquisition and the French Champgne odor /were/ put together in the same period.

 

Thousands fled into hiding, and the streets of English cities were polluted with the putrid smell of burning flesh. She created such terror that she is known as bloody Mary.

 

Mary Tudor was born in Greenwich in 1516. She was the only surviving child of King Henry VIII and his first wife, Catherine of Aragon.

 

The reaction to Mary's birth is one of happiness but very muted happiness, really people would not cheer up by the fact that the child was born and lived was a daughter. Henry wanted a son to succeed him. And Mary’s arrival was seen as a second rate birth. After several miscarriages in 5 dead children, Mary’s mother Catherine Aragon went through the menopause.

 

Henry knew that she could never provide him with the male heir he so desperately wanted.

 

Henry realised that there would be no son and began asking,"well, why?".  And his answer was "Well, God doesn't want me to have a son, because my marriage is wrong, my marriage doesn't exist."

 

England was a Catholic country, but the pope would not allow Henry to renown his marriage.  Henry broke from Rome and declared himself the supreme head of the new church of England.

In January 1533, after learning that one of his courtiers Ann Burlin was pregnant, Henry secretly married her to avoid the risk of having a birth of a son. But Ann gave birth to a girl, Mary steps as Elizabeth.

 

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Mary Tudor was the most hated queen in British history. During her five-year reign, she threw all England into chaos. Mary beheaded traitors, murdered heretics, and had pregnant women burn to death, in the name of her religious fanaticism. The entire nation lived in fears.

“Man can never think about it. The burning of somebody in stake is a very nasty business, it takes a long time to die. The smell of human burning fat would be overpowered.

“There were nearly 300 burnt in about three and a half year in Mary’s reign, which was actually more than the Spanish Acquisition and the French Champ A Dan put together in the same period.”

Thousands fled into hiding, and the streets of English cities were polluted with the putrid smell of burning flesh. She created such terror that she’s known as “Bloody Mary”.

Mary Tudor was born in Greenwich in1516. She was the only surviving child of King Henry Ⅷ and his first wife Catherine of Aragon. “the reaction to Mary’s birth is one of happiness but very muted happiness, really, people were not cheered up by the fact that the child was born and lived was daughter.”

Henry wanted a son to succeed him, and Mary’s arrival was seen as a second rebirth. After several miscarriages and five dead children, Mary’s mother, Catherine of Aragon went through the menopause. Henry knew that she could never provide him with a male heir he so desperately wanted.

“Henry realized that there would be no son and began asking “Well, why?” And his answer was “well, God doesn’t want me to have a son, and because my marriage is wrong, my marriage doesn’t exist.”

England was a Catholic country, but the Pope would not allow Henry to annul his marriage. Henry broke from Rome, and declared himself the Supreme Head of the new church of England. in January 1531, after learning that on of his courtiers Anne Boleyn was pregnant, Henry secretly married her, to avoid having a bastard’s son. But Anne gave birth to a girl, Mary’s step sister Elizabeth.

[ 本帖最后由 lurker2006 于 2009-3-25 11:59 编辑 ]

yidianazhang

Mary Tudor was the most hated queen in British history. During her five-year reign, she threw all England into chaos. Mary beheaded traitors, murdered heretics, and had pregnant women burn to death, in the name of her religious fanaticism. The entire nation lived in fears.

“Man can never think about it. The burning of somebody in stake is a very nasty business, it takes a long time to die. The smell of human burning fat would be overpowered.

“There were nearly 300 burnt in about three and a half year in Mary’s reign, which was actually more than the Spanish Acquisition and the French Champ A Dan put together in the same period.”

Thousands fled into hiding, and the streets of English cities were polluted with the putrid smell of burning flesh. She created such terror that she’s known as “Bloody Mary”.

Mary Tudor was born in Greenwich in1516. She was the only surviving child of King Henry Ⅷ and his first wife Catherine of Aragon. “the reaction to Mary’s birth is one of happiness but very muted happiness, really, people were not cheered up by the fact that the child was born and lived was daughter.”

Henry wanted a son to succeed him, and Mary’s arrival was seen as a second rebirth. After several miscarriages and five dead children, Mary’s mother, Catherine of Aragon went through the menopause. Henry knew that she could never provide him with a male heir he so desperately wanted.

“Henry realized that there would be no son and began asking “Well, why?” And his answer was “well, God doesn’t want me to have a son, and because my marriage is wrong, my marriage doesn’t exist.”

England was a Catholic country, but the Pope would not allow Henry to annul his marriage. Henry broke from Rome, and declared himself the Supreme Head of the new church of England. in January 1531, after learning that on of his courtiers Anne Boleyn was pregnant, Henry secretly married her, to avoid having a bastard’s son. But Anne gave birth to a girl, Mary’s step sister Elizabeth.

[ 本帖最后由 lurker2006 于 2009-3-25 12:00 编辑 ]

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Mary Tudor was the most hated queen in British history. During her 5-year reign, she threw old England into chaos. Mary beheaded traitors, murdered heretics and had pregnant women burned to death, in the name of her religious fanaticism. The entire nation lived in fear.

 

Murderer was staked about it, the burning of somebody to stake is a very nasty business. It takes a long time to die. The smell of human burning fat would be overpowered.

 

There were nearly 300 burns in about 3 and half years in Mary's reign, which was exactly more, those Spanish inquisition and the French Champion put together in the same period.

 

Thousands fled into hiding, and the streets of English cities were polluted with the putrid smell of burning flesh. She created such terror that she is known as bloody Mary.

 

Mary Tudor was born in Greenwich in 1516. She was the only surviving child of King Henry VIII and his first wife, Catherine of Aragon.

 

The reaction to Mary's birth is one of happiness but very muted happiness, really people would not cheer up by the fact that the child was born and lived was a daughter. Henry wanted a son to succeed him. And Mary’s arrival was seen as  second rebirth. After several miscarriages in 5 dead children, Mary’s mother Catherine Aragon went through the menopause.

 

Henry knew that she could never provide him with the male heir he so desperately wanted.

 

Henry realised that there would be no son and began asking,"well, why?".  And his answer was "Well, God doesn't want me to have a son, because my marriage is wrong, my marriage doesn't exist."

 

England was a Catholic country, but the pope would not allow Henry to annul his marriage.  Henry broke from Rome and declared himself the supreme head of the new church of England.

In January 1533, after learning that one of his courtiers Ann Burlin was pregnant, Henry secretly married her to avoid the risk of having a birth of a son. But Ann gave birth to a girl, Mary's stepsister Elizabeth.

 

dorothydeng

  Mary Tudor was the most hated queen in British history. During her five-year reign, she threw all England into chaos.

 

  Mary beheaded traitors, murdered heretics, and had pregnant women burnt to death. In the name of her religious narcissism. The entire nation lived in fear.

 

  Murderers should think about it, burning somebody in the stake is a very nasty business. It takes long time to die. The smell of human burning fat would be overpowering.

 

   There were about 300 burnt in 3.5 years in Mary’s reign which was actually more than the Spanish Inquisition and French S*** put together in the same period.

 

  Thousand fled into hiding and the streets of English cities was polluted with putrid smell of burning flesh. She created such a terror that she was known as the “Bloody Mary”.

 

  Mary Tudor was born in Greenwich, in 1516. She was the only surviving child of the King Hunery VIII and his first wife Catherine Avaroca.

 

  The reaction of Mary’s birth is one happiness but very muted happiness really. People were not cheer up by the fact that the child was born and lived was a daughter. Hunery wanted a son to succeed him, and Mary’s arrival was seen as the second rate birth.

 

  After several miscarriages of 5 dead children, Mary’s mother Catherin Avaroca went through the menopause. Hunery knew she would never provide him with a male heir he was so desperately wanted.

 

  Hunery realized that there would be no son and began asking why, and his answer was: “Well, God doesn’t want me to have a son and because my marriage is wrong. My marriage doesn’t exist. ”

 

  England was a Catholic country, but the Pope wouldn’t allow Hunery to renounce his marriage. Hunery broke from Rome and declared himself a supreme head of a new church of England.

 

  In January 1533, after learning that one of his courtiers Amberlin was pregnant, Hunery secretly married her to avoid the risk of having a bastard son. But Ann gave birth to a girl. Mary’s step sister Elizabeth.

[ 本帖最后由 dorothydeng 于 2009-3-25 16:18 编辑 ]

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Mary Tudor was the most hated Queen and British history. During her five-year reign, she threw all England into chaos. Mary beheaded traitors, murdered heretics and had pregnant women burned to death in the name of her religious fanaticism. The entire nation live in fear.

 

Murder was take about it, the burning of somebody to stake is a very / business. It takes a long time to die, The smell of human burning fat would be overpowered.

 

There were nearly 300 burns in about 3 and half years in Mary's reign, which was actually more, those Spanish inquisition and French / / put together in the same period.

 

Thousands fled into hiding and the streets of English cities were polluted with the putrid smell of burning flesh. She created such terror that she is known as bloody Mary.

 

Mary Tudor was born in Greenwich in 1516. She was the only surviving child of King Henry / and his first wife, Catherine Aragon.

The reaction to Mary's birth is one of happiness but very muted happiness really. People would not cheer up by the fact that the child was born and lived was a daughter. Henry wanted a son to succeed him. And Mary's arrival was seen as a second rebirth. After several miscarriages in 5 dead children, Mary's mother Catherine Aragon went through the menopause.

 

Henry knew she could never provide him with a male heir he so desperately wanted. Henry realized that there would be no son and began asking,"well, why?". And his answer was "Well, god doesn't want me have a son. And because my marriage is wrong, my marriage doesn't exist."

 

England was a Catholic country, but the Pope would not allow Henry / his marriage. Henry broke from Rome and declared himself the supreme head of the church of England.

 

In January 1533, after learning that one of his courtiers Ann Burlin was pregnant, Henry secretly married her to avoid the risk having a birth of a son. But Ann gave birth to a girl, Mary's stepsister Elizabeth.

 

veraisme

homework

 

Mary Tudor was the most hated queen in British history. During her 5-year reign, she threw old England into chaos. Mary beheaded traitors, murdered heretics and had pregnant women burned to death, in the name of her religious fanaticism. The entire nation lived in fearless.

 

 

Murderer was staked about it, the burning of somebody to stake is a very nasty business. It takes a long time to die. The smell of human burning fat would be overpowered.

 

There were nearly 300 burns in about 3 and half years in Mary's reign, which was exactly more, those Spanish inquisition and the French Champion put together in the same period.

 

Thousands fled into hiding, and the streets of English cities were polluted with the putrid smell of burning flesh. She created such terror that she is known as bloody Mary.

 

Mary Tudor was born in Greenwich in 1516. She was the only surviving child of King Henry VIII and his first wife, Catherine of Aragon.

 

The reaction to Mary's birth is one of happiness but very muted happiness, really , people would not cheer up by the fact that the child was born and lived was a daughter. Henry wanted a son to succeed him. And Mary’s arrival was seen as second rebirth. After several miscarriages in 5 dead children, Mary’s mother Catherine Aragon went through the menopause.

 

Henry knew that she could never provide him with the male heir he so desperately wanted.

 

Henry realised that there would be no son and began asking,"well, why?". And his answer was "Well, God doesn't want me to have a son, because my marriage is wrong, my marriage doesn't exist."

 

England was a Catholic country, but the pope would not allow Henry to annul his marriage. Henry broke from Rome and declared himself the supreme head of the new church of England. In January 1533, after learning that one of his courtiers Ann Burlin was pregnant, Henry secretly married her to avoid the risk of having a birth of a son. But Ann gave birth to a girl, Mary's stepsister Elizabeth.

[ 本帖最后由 veraisme 于 2009-3-25 20:01 编辑 ]

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Mary Tudor was the most hated queen in British history. During her 5-year reign, she threw all England into chaos. Mary beheaded traitors,murdered heretics and had pregnant women burned to death, in the name of her religious fanaticism. The entire nation lived in fear.

 

Murderer was staked about it, the burning of somebody to stake is a very nasty business. It takes a long time to die. The smell of human burning fat would be overpowered.

 

There were nearly 300 burns in about 3 and half years in Mary's reign, which was acually more than the Spanish inquisition and the French Champion put together in the same period.

 

Thousands fled into hiding, and the streets of English cities were polluted with the putrid smell of burning flesh. She created such terror that she is known as bloody Mary.

 

Mary Tudor was born in Greenwich in 1516. She was the only surviving child of King Henry VIII and his first wife, Catherine of Aragon.

 

The reaction to Mary's birth is one of happiness but very muted happiness, really people were not cheered up by the fact that the child was born and lived was a daughter. Henry wanted a son to succeed him. And Mary’s arrival was seen as a second rate birth. After several miscarriages in 5 dead children, Mary’s mother Catherine of Aragon went through the menopause.

 

Henry knew that she could never provide him with the male heir he so desperately wanted.

 

Henry realised that there would be no son and began asking,"well, why?".  And his answer was "Well, God doesn't want me to have a son, because my marriage is wrong, my marriage doesn't exist."

 

England was a Catholic country, but the pope would not allow Henry to annul his marriage.  Henry broke from Rome and declared himself the supreme head of the new church of England.

In January 1533, after learning that one of his courtiers Ann Berlin was pregnant, Henry secretly married her to avoid the risk of having a bastard son. But Ann gave birth to a girl, Mary's stepsister Elizabeth.

 

Walkure

French 那一小段应该是法语，发音好像是 French Chambra odon, 请哪位高人指点一下，感谢！

Windy101

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sylvia_qian

Mary Tudor was the most hated queen in British history. During her 5-year reign, she threw all England into chaos. Mary beheaded traitors, murdered heretics and had pregnant women burned to death in the name of her religious fanaticism. The entire nation lived in fear.

 

Murderer was stake about it, the burning of somebody at the stake is a very nasty business. It takes a long time to die. The smell of human burning fat would have been overpowered.

 

There were nearly 300 burnt in about 3 and half years in Mary's reign, which was actually more than the Spanish Inquisition and the French Champion * put together in the same period.

 

Thousands fled into hiding, and the streets of English cities were polluted with the putrid smell of burning flesh. She created such terror that she is known as Bloody Mary.

 

Mary Tudor was born in Greenwich in 1516. She was the only surviving child of King Henry VIII and his first wife, Catherine of Aragon.

 

The reaction to Mary's birth is one of happiness but very muted happiness really, people were not cheered up by the fact that the child that was born and lived was a daughter. Henry wanted a son to succeed him. And Mary’s arrival was seen as a second rate birth. After several miscarriages and 5 dead children, Mary’s mother Catherine of Aragon went through the menopause. Henry knew that she could never provide him with the male heir he so desperately wanted.

 

Henry realized that there would be no son and began asking, "well, why?" And his answer was, "well, God doesn't want me to have a son, because my marriage is wrong, my marriage doesn't exist."

 

England was a Catholic country, but the pope would not allow Henry to annul his marriage.  Henry broke from Rome and declared himself the supreme head of the new church of England.

In January 1533, after learning that one of his courtesans Ann Boleyn was pregnant, Henry secretly married her to avoid the risk of having a bastard son. But Ann gave birth to a girl--Mary's stepsister Elizabeth.