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How did Mary I respond to Protestants movements of the English reformation

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Was persecuting protestants and wanted to re-establish good relations with the Catholic church

Step-by-step explanation:

As early as January 1554, just six months after Mary was crowned, all important Protestant priests fled to German lands to escape the persecution of married clergy. In March, she ordered all bishops to remove married priests. Parliament met in April and agreed with Mary's decision to establish laws punishing heretics, provided she forgets about returning the land to the monasteries.

During her reign, Mary devoted all her attention to somehow undoing the consequences of Henry's split with the Pope and the Catholic Church, and the legal and religious consequences of her half-brother's rule. She sought to restore the Church of England to the Roman Catholic Church. To this end, Parliament repealed all Edward VI laws, and persecuted the protagonists of the previous Protestant government by all means. About three hundred of them were executed by burning at the stake. The first executor was John Rogers, the man who translated the Bible into English, and among those executed was Thomas Cranmer, a priest who arranged the annulment of the marriage of Mary's parents.

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