#the pope like you have to send reginald pole back i have to try him for heresy mary like hmmmmmmmmmmm i don't think i will......

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If only Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon counted in Catholic eyes, does this mean Mary wouldn't theoretically consider any of his other wives 'real' stepmothers, as such? If she did, how would she rationalise defying the Pope's will, whilst upholding the papal authority to sanction the marriage of her parents?

She probably never did, based on the wording of that Act in question. Her attitude towards papal authority during her own reign was...contradictory in other ways, however.

#anon #the pope like you have to send reginald pole back i have to try him for heresy mary like hmmmmmmmmmmm i don't think i will...... #'i don't like this pope i'd like to return him with the receipt in exchange for a new one' = kings and queen regnants for centuries. #so basically she never did but AB was the only one about whom she was honest about this? oddly funny if funny is the right word for this #since she scanted her courtesy to kh as well but not some of her others stepmothers #it would suggest that in those cases that her behaviour was more inspired by personal dislike #*other #i don't want to say that was universal either bcus that was not necessarily the case however like ...yeah...the catholics among which #upheld specifically the validity of henry's marriage to koa did not fare very well in henrician england #you would think maybe bona fides would apply to edward vi (or in some cases even elizabeth... #sources loyal to the papacy actually said pretty early on that the 'faith of the mother' was sufficient ) #altho it would be hard to argue jane and henry were not aware england was in schism #(elizabeth was born beforehand technically) #but as for mary she didn't really need bona fides and might have even had mixed feelings about her supporters #using that argument in the 1530s... #as far as she was concerned pope julius had granted the dispensation and pope clement had confirmed it #that was more airtight papal legitimacy than frankly most prince/sses had #now if paul iv wanted to be a REAL bitch he could have been like yk what. wild card. that's cancelled #confirmed? affirmed? upheld? whatever the word is