Of the five crowned Tudor monarchs, only three - Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, and Mary I - are properly remembered in history, and only two are considered significant rulers. Mary I, with a reign lasting five years and 121 days, is often classed simultaneously as the weakest Tudor and the bloodiest - but are either of these true?
september 2022
Maligned Women – Summary
A summary of September 2022's theme - Maligned Women!
Maligned Women: La Malinche
La Malinche is reviled throughout Mexico as a traitor, a whore, the ‘Mexican Eve’ who sold her people out and was directly responsible for their downfall. Now, to pin the blame for an event as significant as the collapse of the Aztec Empire on a single person is pretty ridiculous anyway, but why would it land in particular on a translator who had been sold into slavery and was likely doing what she had to to survive?
Maligned Women: Marie Antoinette
The last Queen of France is probably among the most maligned women in history, perceived as insensitive and cruel. In reality, she was modest and frugal, and once much-loved by her subjects. So how did she end up executed by a cheering mob?