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Because she was a staunch Catholic (her mother was Catherine of Aragon) and when she became Queen on the death of Edward VI resolved to reunite the English church with the Church of Rome. Nearly 300 people who refused to convert back from Protestant to Catholic were burnt at the stake.

That's how problems were resolved in Merrie Olde England.

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