Chapter XIV

MARY (i), 1553-1555-THE SPANISH MARRIAGE The Marian Tragedies—1553. Proclamation of Queen Jane—The People support Mary—Collapse of the Plot— Mary's Leniency—Cause of the Popular Loyalty—Problems: Marriage and the Reformation—Possible Claimants—Moderate Reaction—Proposed Spanish Match —Parliament: Repeal of Edward's Legislation—1554. Wyatt's Rebellion and the Lady Elizabeth—Subsequent Severities—The Marriage Treaty-Pole, Renard, and Gardiner—Public Tension—Parliament; Reconciliation with Rome —Reaction consummated, 1555.