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发信人: Systems (Queen Victoria Died), 信区: English
标 题: The Tudors--EDWARD VI
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2003年04月06日18:41:38 星期天), 站内信件
EDWARD VI (r. 1547-1553)
Edward VI was intellectually precocious (fluent in Greek and Latin, he kept
a full journal of his reign) but not physically robust. His short reign was
dominated by nobles using the Regency to strengthen their own positions. The
King's Council, previously dominated by Henry, succumbed to existing factio
nalism. On Henry's death, Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford and soon to be Du
ke of Somerset, the new King's eldest uncle, became Protector. Seymour was a
n able soldier; he led a punitive expedition against the Scots, for their fa
ilure to fulfil their promise to betroth Mary, Queen of Scots to Edward, whi
ch led to Seymour's victory at the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh in 1547 - althoug
h he failed to follow this up with satisfactory peace terms.
During Edward's reign, the Church of England became more explicitly Protesta
nt - Edward himself was fiercely so. The Book of Common Prayer was introduce
d in 1549, aspects of Roman Catholic practices (including statues and staine
d glass) were eradicated and the marriage of clergy allowed. The imposition
of the Prayer Book (which replaced Latin services with English) led to rebel
lions in Cornwall and Devon. Despite his military ability, Seymour was too l
iberal to deal effectively with Kett's rebellion against land enclosures in
Norfolk. Seymour was left isolated in the Council and the Duke of Northumber
land subsequently overthrew him in 1551. Seymour was executed in 1552, an ev
ent which was briefly mentioned by Edward in his diary: 'Today, the Duke of
Somerset had his head cut off on Tower Hill.'
Northumberland took greater trouble to charm and influence Edward; his power
ful position as Lord President of the Council was based on his personal asce
ndancy over the King. However, the young King was ailing. Northumberland hur
riedly married his son Lord Guilford Dudley to Lady Jane Grey, one of Henry
VIII's great-nieces and a claimant to the throne. Edward accepted Jane as hi
s heir and, on his death from tuberculosis in 1553, Jane assumed the throne.
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