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Kingship and politics in the reign of Edward VI
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Kingship and politics in the reign of Edward VI

Author: Stephen Alford
Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"This book offers a reappraisal of the kingship and politics of the reign of Edward VI, the third Tudor king of England who reigned from the age of nine in 1547 until his death in 1553. The reign has often been interpreted as a period of political instability, mainly because of Edward's age, but this account challenges the view that the king's minority was a time of unstable political faction. It shows how Edward  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Biographies
Biography
Named Person: Edward, King of England; Edward, King of England; Édouard, roi de Grande-Bretagne; Eduard, England König VI.
Material Type: Biography, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Stephen Alford
ISBN: 0521660556 9780521660556
OCLC Number: 47989874
Description: xiii, 233 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Constructing the reign of Edward VI --
King and kingship --
The dynamics of power, 1547-1553 --
Reforming the kingdom --
An evolving polity, 1549-1553 --
Beyond 1553: the Edwardian legacy.
Responsibility: Stephen Alford.
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A reappraisal of the reign of Henry VIII's son, Edward VI (1547-1553).  Read more...

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schema:reviewBody""This book offers a reappraisal of the kingship and politics of the reign of Edward VI, the third Tudor king of England who reigned from the age of nine in 1547 until his death in 1553. The reign has often been interpreted as a period of political instability, mainly because of Edward's age, but this account challenges the view that the king's minority was a time of unstable political faction. It shows how Edward was shaped and educated from the start for adult kingship, and how Edwardian politics evolved to accommodate a maturing and able young king." "The book also explores the political values of the men around the king, and tries to reconstruct the relationships of family and association that bound together the governing elite in the king's Council, his court, and in the universities. It also assesses the impact of Edward's reign on Elizabethan politics, both conceptually (the notion of what it was to be a monarch) and practically (the importance in Elizabeth's reign of men who had already shaped Edwardian politics)."--Jacket."
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