Edward VI

Question 0

Guy on Edwards reign

Answer 0

Chaotic reign

Question 1

Elton on Edward

Answer 1

Edward was too easily swayed by cunning men

Question 2

MacCulloch on Edward

Answer 2

Strategies make sense given the religious priorities at the time

Question 3

Pollard on Somerset

Answer 3

Good Duke

Question 4

Dale Hoak on Somerset

Answer 4

Any idea that Somerset was a Good Duke is flawed

Question 5

Elton on Somerset

Answer 5

He was Arrogant and Aloof

Question 6

Loach on Somerset

Answer 6

He fell because he mishandled the popular revolts of 1549

Question 7

Lotherington on Somerset

Answer 7

Neglected the Privy Council, just used them as a rubber stamp for his laws.

Question 8

Susan Brigden on Somerset

Answer 8

By 1547, only 20% of London was Protestant

Question 9

Starkey on Somerset

Answer 9

Factions dominated

Question 10

Haigh on Somerset

Answer 10

Needed money from chantries for Scottish war

Question 11

Pollard on Northumberland

Answer 11

Bad Duke

Question 12

Pollard on Treaty of Boulogne 1550

Answer 12

The most humiliating treaty that England made in the 16th Century

Question 13

WRD Jones on Northumberland

Answer 13

He was a controlling figure and was manipulating Edward.

Question 14

Loades on Northumberland

Answer 14

Edward had pushed him for the Devise and he was a professional, miscalculation destroyed him.

Question 15

Tittler and Loach on Northumberland

Answer 15

Able governed

Question 16

Bindoff on Northumberland

Answer 16

The sacrifice of national to factional interests was everywhere becoming the rule of plethora.