Veritas Temporis Filia: Part 3
England rejoiced. Great Harry's daughter was on the throne and all was as it should be. Queen Mary intended to be a mother to her people, kind and merciful and righting wrongs done to them. She understood that her rival, the Nine Days' Queen Jane Grey, was only a pawn of powerful men and an unwilling pretender to the throne; Mary did have her put to trial along with her family and in-laws and all were found guilty, but only as a formality. After having the main conspirators put to death, Mary simply let Jane and the others languish in prison. She also released Catholic prisoners incarcerated for treason and heresy (that is, beliefs that the Protestant Church of England took for heresy) during her father's and brother's reigns, including the Duke of Norfolk and Bishop Stephen Gardiner. Mary's first Parliament overturned the religious laws instituted during her father's and brother's reigns. Upon her succession, one of the titles she inherited was ...