Edward: Historiography
Edward VI:
ELTON: his “characters and views mattered little”
ELTON: “his so-called opinions were those of his advisers”
MATUSIAK: 1551-onwards “Edward was expanding his participation in government”
ELTON: “his so-called opinions were those of his advisers”
MATUSIAK: 1551-onwards “Edward was expanding his participation in government”
Somerset
HEARD: “failed to show the leadership necessary”
TURVEY AND HEARD: “inherited an impossible diplomatic and military position”
POLLARD: “aims that were essentially noble”
WILLIAMS: “entirely unsympathetic to the destitute”
LOACH: “autocratic by temperament”
HAIGH: “blundered” into a total ban of images
AGR SMITH: the Act of Uniformity was a “shrewd statesman-like measure”
GUY: “the 1549 revolts were the closest thing Tudor England saw to a class war”
DUFFY: “class antagonism”
CARAMANI: the Western Rebellion was “the most formidable opposition to the reformation that England saw”
MACCULLOCH: “an astonishing series of concessions” to the rebels, whom he treated with “respect”
HOAK: Somerset’s execution “saved England from a revival of the chaos that had characterised the Protectorate”
MURPHY: “a disastrous set of policies”
TILLBROOK: “his arrogant and dictatorial manner created enemies”
TURVEY AND HEARD: “inherited an impossible diplomatic and military position”
POLLARD: “aims that were essentially noble”
WILLIAMS: “entirely unsympathetic to the destitute”
LOACH: “autocratic by temperament”
HAIGH: “blundered” into a total ban of images
AGR SMITH: the Act of Uniformity was a “shrewd statesman-like measure”
GUY: “the 1549 revolts were the closest thing Tudor England saw to a class war”
DUFFY: “class antagonism”
CARAMANI: the Western Rebellion was “the most formidable opposition to the reformation that England saw”
MACCULLOCH: “an astonishing series of concessions” to the rebels, whom he treated with “respect”
HOAK: Somerset’s execution “saved England from a revival of the chaos that had characterised the Protectorate”
MURPHY: “a disastrous set of policies”
TILLBROOK: “his arrogant and dictatorial manner created enemies”
Northumberland
LOTHERINGTON: “a genuine and able reformer”
TILLBROOK: created a “restoration of stability”
POLLARD: “the subtlest intriguer in English history”
JORDON: “masterly and almost instinctive conspirator”
JORDON: “enfeebled by a persistent fear of disorder”
BEER: “lent his authority and gave encouragement”
BEER: “personally supplied few ideas”
HOAK: (about the Privy Council) “Somerset’s near abandonment of the institute brought the king’s government close to ruin; that it did not collapse was chiefly due to Northumberland’s restoration and unprecedented definition of rule by council”
HOAK: “one of the most remarkably able governors of any European state during the 16th century”
HEARD: “the humiliating peace alliance with a traditional enemy was seen as a national disgrace”
HEARD: “in many respects England had returned to the position of weakness and isolation which had resulted in the failure of Henry VIII’s foreign policy in 1528”
HOAK: “broke decisively with the past”
STARKEY: “a complete rejection of the old faith”
TILLBROOK: created a “restoration of stability”
POLLARD: “the subtlest intriguer in English history”
JORDON: “masterly and almost instinctive conspirator”
JORDON: “enfeebled by a persistent fear of disorder”
BEER: “lent his authority and gave encouragement”
BEER: “personally supplied few ideas”
HOAK: (about the Privy Council) “Somerset’s near abandonment of the institute brought the king’s government close to ruin; that it did not collapse was chiefly due to Northumberland’s restoration and unprecedented definition of rule by council”
HOAK: “one of the most remarkably able governors of any European state during the 16th century”
HEARD: “the humiliating peace alliance with a traditional enemy was seen as a national disgrace”
HEARD: “in many respects England had returned to the position of weakness and isolation which had resulted in the failure of Henry VIII’s foreign policy in 1528”
HOAK: “broke decisively with the past”
STARKEY: “a complete rejection of the old faith”