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Edward VI

Author : Chris Skidmore
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1780220766
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Edward VI written by Chris Skidmore and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-07-21 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The struggle for the soul of England after the death of Henry VIII In the death of Henry VIII, the crown passed to his nine-year-old son, Edward. However, real power went to the Protector, Edward's uncle, the Duke of Somerset. The court had been a hotbed of intrigue since the last days of Henry VIII. Without an adult monarch, the stakes were even higher. The first challenger was the duke's own brother: he seduced Henry VIII's former queen, Katherine Parr; having married her, he pursued Princess Elizabeth and later was accused of trying to kidnap the boy king at gunpoint. He was beheaded. Somerset ultimately met the same fate, after a coup d'etat organized by the Duke of Warwick. Chris Skidmore reveals how the countrywide rebellions of 1549 were orchestrated by the plotters at court and were all connected to the (literally) burning issue of religion: Henry VIII had left England in religious limbo. Court intrigue, deceit and treason very nearly plunged the country into civil war. Edward was a precocious child, as his letters in French and Latin demonstrate. He kept a secret diary, written partly in Greek, which few of his courtiers could read. In 1551, at the age of 14, he took part in his first jousting tournament, an essential demonstration of physical prowess in a very physical age. Within a year it is his signature we find at the bottom of the Council minutes, yet in early 1553 he contracted a chest infection and later died, rumours circulating that he might have been poisoned. Mary, Edward's eldest sister, and devoted Catholic, was proclaimed Queen. This is more than just a story of bloodthirsty power struggles, but how the Church moved so far along Protestant lines that Mary would be unable to turn the clock back. It is also the story of a boy born to absolute power, whose own writings and letters offer a compelling picture of a life full of promise, but tragically cut short.

England's Boy King

Author : Edward VI (King of England)
Publisher : Ravenhall Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book England's Boy King written by Edward VI (King of England) and published by Ravenhall Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout Edward's short reign the young ruler kept a journal, a detailed diary recounting events in his kingdom. It is a fascinating record of Tudor England through the eyes of its monarch. The diary narrates all the momentous events in the young king's life but also observes the wider world, noting down news from England and keeping a watchful eye on Ireland, Scotland and mainland Europe.

The Mid Tudors

Author : Stephen J. Lee
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134415842
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book The Mid Tudors written by Stephen J. Lee and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-09-27 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering the period from 1547 to 1558, The Mid Tudors explores the reigns of Edward VI and Mary. Stephen J. Lee examines all the key issues debated by historians, including the question as to whether there was a mid-Tudor crisis. Using a wide variety of sources and historiography, Lee also looks at the Reformation and the Counter Reformation, as well as discussing government and foreign policy. The book starts with a chapter on Henry VIII to establish the overall perspective over the following two reigns – thereby providing a basis to examine their positive as well as negative features. Including both a chronology and glossary of key terms, this essential A Level book provides a vital resource for all students of this fascinating period of British history.

The Boy King

Author : Diarmaid MacCulloch
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520234024
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book The Boy King written by Diarmaid MacCulloch and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is Reformation history as it should be written, not least because it resembles its subject matter: learned, argumentative, and, even when mistaken, never dull."--Eamon Duffy, author of The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England, 1400-1580

Edward VI

Author : Jennifer Loach
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300094091
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Edward VI written by Jennifer Loach and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2002-01-11 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edward VI was the son of Henry VIII and his second wife, Jane Seymour. He ruled for only six years (1547-1553) and died at the age of sixteen. But these were years of fundamental importance in the history of the English state, and in particular of the English church. This new biography reveals for the first time that, despite his youth, Edward had a significant personal impact. Jennifer Loach draws a fresh portrait of the boy king as a highly precocious, well educated, intellectually confident, and remarkably decisive youth, with clear views on the future of the English church. Loach also offers a new understanding of Edward’s health, arguing that the cause of his death was a severe infection of the lungs rather than tuberculosis, the commonly accepted diagnosis. The author views Edward not as a sickly child but as a healthy and vigorous boy, devoted to hunting and tournaments like any young aristocrat of the day. This book tells the story of the monarch and of his time. It supplies the dramatic context in which the short reign of Edward VI was played out—the momentous religious changes, factional fights, and popular risings. And it offers vivid details on Edward’s increasing absorption in politics, his consciousness of his role as supreme head of the English church, his determination to lay the foundation for a Protestant regime, and how his failure in this ambition brought England to the brink of civil war.

The First and Second Prayer-books of King Edward the Sixth

Author : Church of England
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The First and Second Prayer-books of King Edward the Sixth written by Church of England and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Boy King

Author : Janet Wertman
Publisher : Janet Wertman
ISBN 13 : 0997133880
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (971 download)

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Download or read book The Boy King written by Janet Wertman and published by Janet Wertman. This book was released on 2020-09-30 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of Open Letters Review's Ten Best Historical Novels of 2020; First Place Winner, 2021 Chaucer Award for pre-1750s historical fiction "Highly recommend both as a standalone and series read. Wertman's work is among the best Tudor fiction on the market" - Historical Fiction Reader His mother, Jane Seymour, died at his birth; now his father, King Henry VIII, has died as well. Nine-year-old Edward Tudor ascends to the throne of England and quickly learns that he cannot trust anyone, even himself. Struggling to understand the political and religious turmoil that threatens the realm, Edward is at first relieved that his uncle, the new Duke of Somerset, will act on his behalf as Lord Protector, but this consolation evaporates as jealousy spreads through the court. Challengers arise on all sides to wrest control of the child king, and through him, England. While Edward can bring frustratingly little direction to the Council's policies, he refuses to abandon his one firm conviction: that Catholicism has no place in England. When Edward falls ill, this steadfast belief threatens England's best hope for a smooth succession: the transfer of the throne to Edward's very Catholic half-sister, Mary Tudor, whose heart's desire is to return the realm to the way it worshipped in her mother's day.

Edward VI in a Nutshell

Author : Kyra Cornelius Kramer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788494593703
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (937 download)

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Download or read book Edward VI in a Nutshell written by Kyra Cornelius Kramer and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-23 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henry's VIII's son, Edward VI, was the answer to a whole country's prayers, but he died tragically young. Straightforward and informative, Edward VI in a Nutshell gives readers a better understanding than they've ever had of the life, reign, and death, of England's last child monarch, including a new theory of what, exactly, caused his death.

Edward VI (Penguin Monarchs)

Author : Stephen Alford
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0141976918
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Edward VI (Penguin Monarchs) written by Stephen Alford and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2014-12-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edward VI, the only son of Henry VIII, became king at the age of nine and died wholly unexpectedly at the age of fifteen. All around him loomed powerful men who hoped to use the child to further their own ends, but who were also playing a long game - assuming that Edward would long outlive them and become as commanding a figure as his father had been. Stephen Alford's wonderful book gives full play to the murky, sinister nature of Edward's reign, but is also a poignant account of a boy learning to rule, learning to enjoy his growing power and to come out of the shadows of the great aristocrats around him. England's last child monarch, Edward would have led his country in a quite different direction to the catastrophic one caused by his death.

Edward VI

Author : Jennifer Loach
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300143982
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Edward VI written by Jennifer Loach and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edward VI was the son of Henry VIII and his second wife, Jane Seymour. He ruled for only six years (1547-1553) and died at the age of sixteen. But these were years of fundamental importance in the history of the English state, and in particular of the English church. This new biography reveals for the first time that, despite his youth, Edward had a significant personal impact. Jennifer Loach draws a fresh portrait of the boy king as a highly precocious, well educated, intellectually confident, and remarkably decisive youth, with clear views on the future of the English church. Loach also offers a new understanding of Edward’s health, arguing that the cause of his death was a severe infection of the lungs rather than tuberculosis, the commonly accepted diagnosis. The author views Edward not as a sickly child but as a healthy and vigorous boy, devoted to hunting and tournaments like any young aristocrat of the day. This book tells the story of the monarch and of his time. It supplies the dramatic context in which the short reign of Edward VI was played out—the momentous religious changes, factional fights, and popular risings. And it offers vivid details on Edward’s increasing absorption in politics, his consciousness of his role as supreme head of the English church, his determination to lay the foundation for a Protestant regime, and how his failure in this ambition brought England to the brink of civil war.

Kingship and Politics in the Reign of Edward VI

Author : Stephen Alford
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139431560
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book Kingship and Politics in the Reign of Edward VI written by Stephen Alford and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-05-02 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 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.

Tudor & Jacobean Portraits

Author : Roy Strong
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Tudor & Jacobean Portraits written by Roy Strong and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Edward VI

Author : Stephanie Kline
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
ISBN 13 : 1399093703
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Edward VI written by Stephanie Kline and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2023-06-30 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For too long, King Edward VI has been pushed to the very edges of Tudor history - overlooked in favor of some of the more vibrant personalities of his family members, such as Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. Known as the 'boy king' of the Tudor dynasty, he is often remembered for little more than the ambitious councillors who governed England during his minority. His reign, however, and the significant religious changes that took place as he furthered the Protestant Reformation in England, had great influence over the remaining decades of the Tudor period and even modern Britain as we know it today. ‘Boy king’ though he may have been, Edward VI and his government were more significant to the history of England than he is often given credit for, and it is long past time for careful and thoughtful study of his life and reign. Edward VI: Henry VIII’s Overshadowed Son aims to reopen the pages of his story, arguing that however brief it may have been, Edward VI’s reign had lasting impacts on the religious landscape in England, and is certainly a Tudor reign worth remembering.

Edward VI (Penguin Monarchs)

Author : Stephen Alford
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141976926
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Edward VI (Penguin Monarchs) written by Stephen Alford and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2014-12-04 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edward VI, the only son of Henry VIII, became king at the age of nine and died wholly unexpectedly at the age of fifteen. All around him loomed powerful men who hoped to use the child to further their own ends, but who were also playing a long game - assuming that Edward would long outlive them and become as commanding a figure as his father had been. Stephen Alford's wonderful book gives full play to the murky, sinister nature of Edward's reign, but is also a poignant account of a boy learning to rule, learning to enjoy his growing power and to come out of the shadows of the great aristocrats around him. England's last child monarch, Edward would have led his country in a quite different direction to the catastrophic one caused by his death.

The Last Tudor

Author : Philippa Gregory
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476758786
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book The Last Tudor written by Philippa Gregory and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-08-08 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The final book of the Tudor series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory features one of the most famous women in history, Lady Jane Grey, and her two sisters, each of whom dared to defy her queen. Jane Grey was queen of England for nine days. Her father and his allies crowned her instead of the dead king’s half-sister Mary Tudor, who quickly mustered an army, claimed her throne, and locked Jane in the Tower of London. When Jane refused to betray her Protestant faith, Mary sent her to the executioner’s block, where Jane transformed her father’s greedy power-grab into tragic martyrdom. “Learn you to die,” was the advice Jane wrote to her younger sister Katherine, who has no intention of dying. She intends to enjoy her beauty and her youth and fall in love. But she is heir to the insecure and infertile Queen Mary and then to her sister Queen Elizabeth, who will never allow Katherine to marry and produce a Tudor son. When Katherine’s pregnancy betrays her secret marriage, she faces imprisonment in the Tower, only yards from her sister’s scaffold. “Farewell, my sister,” writes Katherine to the youngest Grey sister, Mary. A beautiful dwarf, disregarded by the court, Mary keeps family secrets, especially her own, while avoiding Elizabeth’s suspicious glare. After seeing her sisters defy their queens, Mary is acutely aware of her own danger, but determined to command her own life. What will happen when the last Tudor defies her ruthless and unforgiving cousin Queen Elizabeth?

Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, of the Reigns of Edward VI., Mary, Elizabeth, 1547-[1625]

Author : Great Britain. Public Record Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 830 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, of the Reigns of Edward VI., Mary, Elizabeth, 1547-[1625] written by Great Britain. Public Record Office and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 830 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Scottish series, of the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary, Elizabeth, 1509-1589

Author : Great Britain. Public Record Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book The Scottish series, of the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary, Elizabeth, 1509-1589 written by Great Britain. Public Record Office and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: