"Neo Gothic Bloody Mary Door Knocker"
Neo-Gothic bronze door knocker. Openwork ogive architecture, effigy of Mary Tudor in the center, dated ''Ao. MDXVI'' (1516) Mary Tudor, nicknamed "Bloody Mary", is one of the most feared queens in English history. A fervent Catholic, she undertook a violent repression against Protestants, ordering the persecution of hundreds of people, burned alive at the stake. Her bloody reign earned her a cruel and merciless reputation, marking the minds of her time. This brutality fueled the urban legend surrounding her name, transformed into a terrifying specter invoked in mirrors. This frightening myth, still alive today, bears witness to the sinister imprint she left on popular culture. 
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