María Tudor: antimodelo o modelo de cortesía femenina

Mary Tudor, daughter of Catherine of Aragon and Henry VIII, and wife of Philip II, has traditionally been known as ‘Bloody Mary’. The negative image traditionnally associated with her in England is based on a series of texts, images, pamphlets, sermons, literary works, historical interpretations, and even films that have shaped the memory of this historical figure. Today, a range of research is questioning this image of England’s first queen. In this study, we aim to show how, in reality, Mary Tudor was a queen who received an exemplary education and a monarch who set numerous precedents for the women who reigned after her death.