Edward VI

Edward VI
Title Edward VI PDF eBook
Author Chris Skidmore
Publisher Hachette UK
Pages 367
Release 2011-07-21
Genre History
ISBN 1780220766

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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

England's Boy King
Title England's Boy King PDF eBook
Author Edward VI (King of England)
Publisher Ravenhall Books
Pages 200
Release 2005
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN

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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 Murder of Edward VI

The Murder of Edward VI
Title The Murder of Edward VI PDF eBook
Author David Snow
Publisher
Pages
Release 2020-10-12
Genre
ISBN 9781952919046

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We all know the story of Henry VIII, the man who created a religious schism for the sake of divorce. A man desperate for a son he had nine wives. Henry VIII had only one son in his life, Edward VI, and this is his story. Edward ascended to the throne of England at just nine years old and became the last male of the House of Tudor, dying at the young age of fifteen under somewhat dubious circumstances. Was it poison or tuberculous? Was Edward's half-sister, Bloody Mary, the murderer? In The Murder of Edward VI, readers follow castle intrigue through the eyes of Richard Barton, a fictional protagonist who takes part in the events of the period. What starts as a story of King Henry's desperate efforts to obtain a healthy male heir ends in murders.

The Boy King

The Boy King
Title The Boy King PDF eBook
Author Diarmaid MacCulloch
Publisher Univ of California Press
Pages 316
Release 2002
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 9780520234024

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"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

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

The First and Second Prayer-books of King Edward the Sixth
Title The First and Second Prayer-books of King Edward the Sixth PDF eBook
Author Church of England
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 1949
Genre Gibson, Edgar C.S. (Edgar Charles Sumner)
ISBN

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Writings of Edward the Sixth, William Hugh, Queen Catherine Parr, Anne Askew, Lady Jane Grey, Hamilton and Balnaves

Writings of Edward the Sixth, William Hugh, Queen Catherine Parr, Anne Askew, Lady Jane Grey, Hamilton and Balnaves
Title Writings of Edward the Sixth, William Hugh, Queen Catherine Parr, Anne Askew, Lady Jane Grey, Hamilton and Balnaves PDF eBook
Author Edward VI (King of England)
Publisher
Pages 504
Release 1831
Genre Dissenters, Religious
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Writings of Edward the Sixth, William Hugh, Queen Catherine Parr, Anne Askew, Lady Zane Grey, Hamilton, and Bôlnaves

Writings of Edward the Sixth, William Hugh, Queen Catherine Parr, Anne Askew, Lady Zane Grey, Hamilton, and Bôlnaves
Title Writings of Edward the Sixth, William Hugh, Queen Catherine Parr, Anne Askew, Lady Zane Grey, Hamilton, and Bôlnaves PDF eBook
Author
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Pages 500
Release 1836
Genre
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