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Using these four sources in their historical context.assess how far they…
Using these four sources in their historical context.assess how far they support the view that female rule was a serious problem in the 1550s
Source B
provenanceDirectly written by mary, who believes female rule does not raise problems.she is also desperate to raise support at this time
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Mary did not run away, she did what a male rule would have done and lead from the battle
This paragraph challenges the view as although female rule is different to that of male, it is not worse and mary uses her gender to her advantage
Source A
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"Secondaly, to lady jane grey"
Does not support view as the crown is being passed to another women, suggesting that whilst gender was a concern, the issue with mary and elizibeth loosing the crown was legitimacy
"And her male heirs"
shows there is still a gender bias and male heirs are preffered as female heirs are seen to cause problems such as marring foreign rulers.
Provenance issued by edward vi, but around the time of his death, where dudley had great influence over him, suggesting gender wasnt the issue and was more political to put jane on the throne
Source D
Provenance the tone of the source suggests the writer is passionate against female rule making it less useful as it is not a balanced judgement
written just as elizibeth comes to the throne, so alot of the anger of this source will be directed to elizibeth rather than mary, as the writer is protestant, and has just endured marys anti protestant and catastropic reign, he does not expect elizibeth to be any different, explaining his anger in this ssource
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"Their stength weakness ,.....judgement:frenzy"
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Source C
"the style and honour of king, he shall happily help administor england"
supports view as system means that because mary is a women, who she marrys will gain power over her and england. This power being given to a foreign ruler was not wanted by the english
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"The queen shall have total control ..... englishmen" does not support the view as although mary is marrying, the terms of the marriage means she maintains full control over England
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