Edward VI: the young King
Subtitle: the protectorship of the Duke of Somerset
By: by W. K. Jordan.
Publisher: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Published: 1971
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 544
Subjects: Somerset, Edward Seymour, Duke of, 1506?-1552.; Great Britain -- History -- Edward VI, 1547-1553.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

CONTENTS:



I THE HENRICIAN BACKGROUND

1. The nature of the Henrician settlement of religion
2. The defence of orthodoxy (1538-1543)
3. The counter-attack on reaction (1539-1547)
4. The decision for Protestantism

II THE ACCESSION OF EDWARD VI AND THE SETTLEMENT OF POWER

1. The accession of Edward VI
2. The royal will
3. The settlement of power
4. The rewards of power
5. The coronation
6. The fall of Wriothesley
7. The consolidation of power in the Lord Protector

III THE STRUCTURE OF POWER IN EDWARDIAN ENGLAND

1. The Privy Council
2. The eclipse of the ancient peerage [Excursus I]
3. The erosion of the financial resources of the Crown
[Excursus II]
A. Sales of crown lands
(1) The structure of sales
(2) Status analysis of purchasers
(3) Manorial analysis
(4) Place of residence of purchasers
Table
(5) Public and charitable uses
(6) Sources of crown lands disposed 
B. The structure of crown gifts
(1) Status analysis of the grantees
(2) Manorial analysis
'I'able
(3) Sources of crown lands given

C. Remarks on the whole of the dispositions Composite table
IV RELIGIOUSPOLICY:THETRIALOF TOLERATION (1547)

1. The religious views of the Protector and the Council
2. The clergy at the outset of the reign
3. Evidence of advanced Protestant sentiments
A. The evidence of thought
B. The evidence of action

V THE COURSE OF MODERATE REFORM BY PREROGATIVE ACTION
(1547-1548)

1. The caution of the early months and the dialogue with Gardiner
2. The beginnings of change (1547)

VI REFORMATION IN CHURCH AND STATE THE FIRST SESSION OF PARLIAMENT (November 4, 1547-December 24, 1547)
1 . The major measures, spiritual and secular
2. Lesser measures and the complexion of parliamentary concerns

VII THE TRIAL OF IDEAS AND THE RECEPTION OF THE RELIGIOUS REFUGEES

1. The removal of images
2. Restraints on preaching (April, 1548)
3. Fertilization from abroad (1547-October, 1549)

VIII MODERATION TOWARDS DISSENT (1547-October, 1549)

1. The case of the Princess Mary: the early phase
2. The contumacy of Bishop Gardiner: the first phase
3. The case of Bishop Bonner (1547-1553)
4. Moderate treatment of Roman Catholic dissent (1547-1549)
5. The problem of Protestant heresy (1547-1549)

IX THE POSTURE OF EMPIRE: FOREIGN AFFAIRS (1547-1549)

1. Diplomatic relations at the outset
2. The deterioration of relations with Scotland (1543-1547)
3. The failure to isolate Scotland (1547)
4. Preparations for the invasion of Scotland
5. The invasion of Scotland
6. The occupation of Scotland (September, 1547-December 29, 1547)
7. Scottish affairs: the intervention of France (January-July, 1548)
8. England on the defensive: the siege of the strong points (July-December, 1548)
9. The collapse of English foreign policy (January-October, 1549)

X ADVANCEMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH AND OF THE REFORMED CHURCH: FIRST PARLIAMENT (SECOND SESSION) 
(November 24, 1548-March 14, 1549) 
1. The secular measures
2. The measures of religious reformation

XI THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REFORM (1549)

1. The visitation of 1548-1549
2. Reform of the universities
3. Diffusion of the Reformation under Somerset

XII THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE REALM UNDER THE DUKE OF SOMERSET

1. Administration by proclamation (1547-1553)
2. Concern for public order (1547-1549)
3. Concern for the society (1547-1550)
4. Reform of administration (1547-1549)
5. The Court of Requests (1547-1553)
6. The Northampton case (1548-1552)

XIII TREASON AT THE CENTRE OF POWER

1. The case of Thomas Seymour (1547-1549)
2. The case of Sir William Sharington

XIV THE FRACTURE IN THE SOCIETY

1. General comments on the social and economic background
2. The fiscal crisis, debasement, and inflation (1543-1550)
3. Wool, sheep, and trade
4. Enclosures (real and imaginary) and social discontent
5. The Commonwealth Party and radical thought
6. Remedies proposed and remedies tried

XV THE FRACTURE IN THE POLITY (THE RISINGS OF 1549)

1. The background and the lesser stirs
2. The rising in the West
3. The rising in East Anglia

XVI THE FALL OF SOMERSET (1549)

1. Background of frictions and causes
2. The coup d'etat (September-October, 1549