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RE: ADSactly History - Wrongfully Maligned Figures in History (Part 2)
I'm so glad you included Mary Tudor @honeydue! I would have suggested her if you hadn't. That book I mentioned previously by Hilda Lewis, approached her story from very much the angle of her being a product of the times. There would have been a lot of pressure for her from the Catholic church to get things back under Catholic control.
Reading through these it's easy to see that we haven't really changed at all over the years when it comes to propaganda painting people in an evil light for the purposes of bringing a campaign against them. We're probably just less gruesome about it.
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True about many many historical figures. But I guess it's more convenient to look at them through the lens of naughty gossip.
I've never been an actual fan of Mary, for some reason, but I've always found it hard to see her as the tyrant people were so keen to accuse her of being, you know?
Excellent observation. Not to mention all the negative connotations in her personal life associated with the reform.
We haven't changed at all. I made a post about discrediting people in today's world (just some thoughts drawn from writing this series), you might like to check it out. It's interesting to see how willing the general population are to be manipulated and lied to, to have "important" folk brought down to their level so that they can feel superior.
By the way, feel free not to upvote the post I recommended, I really don't mind. I generally don't do that precisely because I don't want people to feel like they have to. ;)