King Edward VI Flashcards
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Edward early years
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- raised in all-female household
- when Ed turned 6 they were replaced with male attendants
- taught philosophy, french, Spanish, etc
- educated in horseback riding + fencing + many instruments
2
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who he was close to
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Catherine Parr, Elizabeth, Archbishoop of Canetbury Thomas Cranmer
3
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later years of life
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- trained in critucal thinking + clear writing by 14
- encouraged to take active interest in gov
4
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privy council
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- Attended some privy council meetings, examined council docs + added some of his own comments
- wrote paper, agenda + records of matters for council to consider
- henry viii named 16 executors to act as Ed’s council until he reached legal age
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Edway Seymour
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- Edward’s uncle
- In charge of the regency council + ruled (1547-1549)
- Made himself lord protector
6
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Seymour’s relationship with the king
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- Seymour strict with Ed VI
- the young boy had no direct involvement in gov + limited pocket money
thoroughly educated
7
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Seymour’s Regency council (RC)
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- Promoted his own supporters to the RC
- Some of his supporters - Thomas Seymour, John Dudley, Cranmer sir william Paget
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Seymour religious policy
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- had balance demands + desires of protestant vs catholics
- Book of Common Prayer 1549
- Ac of Uniformity
- terms were vague in hopes of pleasing all worshipers
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Book of common prayer
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10
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Act of Uniformity
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11
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key protestant steps taken
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- dissolving chantries
- acting agaisnt ornamnet + images (protestant pressure in Londom
- clergy allowed to now marry (enabling more protestant clergy)
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Seymour’s downfall
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- failed to deal with Kett’s rebellion (1549)
- alienated many in the privy council
- Costly + ineffective foreign policy
- Duke of northumberland gained power + influence in his place, seymour’s power decline
- 1552, Seymou arrested + tried for treason + executed
