Trastámara, Tudor, or Habsburg

Mary I of England - Part I

This issue is sequential to one on the House of Trastámara (linked here), one on the House of Tudor (linked here), the one from 28 January (linked here)j, and the one on 4 February (linked here). To view a discussion of the legal concept of ‘equal marriage’ and its socio-cultural history, link here. For a history of its recent (1800s) application, link …