Essay About Devastating Effect And Premenstrual Tension

Bloody Mary
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Mary I, Queen of England was a very prominent figure in
European history. Her reign as queen was filled with many trials and
tribulations that were not accepted by most of England. Many of
Mary’s rash decisions were most likely do to her upbringing and her
lack of will power. Whether it is being declared a bastard as a young
child by her tyrannical father, Henry VIII, or her marriage to Phillip of
Spain, Mary was easily influenced by others and it showed as she grew
older and took over the thrown.
Mary was born the daughter of Henry VIII and Katherine. Henry
had failed again to bear a son to retain the thrown after him. His
annulment from Katherine was not granted so Henry decreed that the
Church of England be separate from the Church of Rome. Katherine
still tried not to jeopardize her daughter’s succession to the thrown, for
this she was banished and Mary was declared a bastard. These events
had a devastating effect on Mary who was once adored by both parents.
Mary never saw her mother again and her stepmother, Anne Boleyn,
treated her with extreme cruelty, even threatening to have her executed.
All these things affected Mary’s adolescence. She suffered
premenstrual tension her whole life; her periods were infrequent or