Edward VI
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Jennifer Loach; Edited by George Bernard and Penry Williams
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This book tells the story of the monarch and of his time. It supplies the dramatic context in which the short reign of Edward VI was played out—the momentous religious changes, factional fights, and popular risings. And it offers vivid details on Edward’s increasing absorption in politics, his consciousness of his role as supreme head of the English church, his determination to lay the foundation for a Protestant regime, and how his failure in this ambition brought England to the brink of civil war.
"Essential reading. . . . [Loach] draws on considerable unpublished research by other scholars and brings her own valuable insights to many issues. A fitting legacy for a fine scholar. All levels."—Choice
"A tour de force . . . Edward VI stands as a lasting tribute."—Peter Newman Brooks, Cambridge, Expository Times
"This extremely good, succinct recent biography is by the late, lamented Oxford historian Jennifer Loach. . . . It continues the excellent Yale English Monarch series."—SKCM News (Society of King Charles the Martyr)
Publication Date: December 11, 1999
12 b/w illus.