Challenges facing Edward and his succession

Question 1

Edward inheritance (4)

Answer 1

-Religious division-debt due to expensive wars with France and Scotland-debased coinage and associated inflation-discounted selling of monastic lands to raise money quickly

Question 2

Edward Regency council (4)

Answer 2

-Set up by Henry VIII’s will
-Made up of 16 members (supported by a further 12)
-decisions to be made by majority, and balanced between Protestants and religious conservatives
-short lived and delegated it’s power to Edward Seymour

Question 3

Duke of Somerset (2)

Answer 3

-Arrogant, dictatorial style of leadership led to factional rivalries
-Foreign policy + mishandling 1549 rebellion led to his removal by Northumberland’s coup

Question 4

Duke of Northumberland (2)

Answer 4

-presided as lord president of the council and effectively governed through the privy council until Somerset’s counter coup
-After this he was less conciliar in his running of the country

Question 5

Foreign policy of Northumberland

Answer 5

-Northumberland ended the wars but at the cost of returning French to Boulogne at cost of £133,333

Question 6

Foreign policy of Somerset

Answer 6

-Aggressive approach with Scotland was undone by the Auld Alliance and led to the threat of war in France in 1549

Question 7

Devyse

Answer 7

-Northumberland’s attempt attempt to place lady Jane Grey instead of Mary of Elizabeth damaged his reputation

Question 8

Religious change under Edward

Answer 8

-1549 Book of Common Prayer established a single form of services and translated services into English but the 1552 Book of Common prayer was more radical leading to a more Protestant approach and led to some iconoclasm

Question 9

Edward Impact of society

Answer 9

Haigh has argued there was a “crisis in religion,” as people were both less likely to attend church or to leave money to the church by 1553

Question 10

Edward economic change Somerset

Answer 10

-Inflationary pressures +
-Enclosure and harvest failure +
-Taxation = discontent under Somerset

Question 11

Economic change Northumberland (3)

Answer 11

-brought stability by ending all wars with France and Scotland
-stopping debasement
-and increased church revenue

Question 12

Edward rebellion 1549

Answer 12

-Saw rebellion in east anglia and south west
-fear of invasion from France in the south east and general discontent ove much of the rest of the country

Question 13

Intellectual developments

Answer 13

-Religious change under Edward was great with competing influence between moderate humanism (Erasmus) and more radical forms of Protestants with the more radical forms of Protestantism with the influence of John hopper