Mary vs Elizabeth: The battle of the Tudor queens in All About History 120
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Mary vs Elizabeth: The battle of the Tudor queens in All AboutHistory 120
In All AboutHistory issue 120(opens in new tab), on sale now, you can learn all about thebattle between the Tudor queens, Mary and Elizabeth. The two daughters ofHenry VIII couldn't have had more divergent experiences on the English throne,but how much of their relationship with each other informed thoseexperiences?
Also in AllAbout History 120, you can read about the revenge of the 47 Ronin, learn whythe Battle of Stalingrad was pivotal to the Second World War and explore thedark history of human sacrifice around the world.
Mary I andher sister Elizabeth had little in common except their father: Henry VIII. Marywas a staunch Catholic, Elizabeth a devout Protestant. Mary was deeplyconventional in her views of women and took a husband as soon as she ascendedthe throne, Elizabeth was determined never to marry and became the Virgin Queenof legend. Mary's reign was brief and brutal, Elizabeth's has been celebratedas one of the longest and most successful of any British monarch. They may havebeen opposites but the relationship between the two sisters would have aprofound impact on the queenship of both.
In January1703, Japan was just days away from celebrating a century of Tokugawa rule whenan incident broke out that threatened to throw the entire system into doubt.After years of waiting in the shadows, a group of samurai emerged from hidingto strike down the man responsible for their lord's death. The act put theTokugawa in an impossibly awkward situation, casting an ugly light on thehypocrisy of the warrior code underpinning their authority.
Acultural practice from ancient times, the gruesome subject of human sacrificeis one that has been tackled by historians, archaeologists and anthropologistsalike. Only by bringing together evidence from across these academicdisciplines can we achieve a well-rounded picture of how and why humansacrifice has been a feature of so many societies throughout history.
The word'sacrifice' literally means to 'make sacred', which is why most of ourunderstanding of human sacrifice is so intertwined with the religion of thepeople who took part in it. But confining sacrifice to a purely religiousphenomenon would be too simplistic.