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A decade of indecisive jockeying for position at Henry viii’s Court took a decisive turn in the last months of the King’s life with the arrest of the Duke of Norfolk and the beheading of his eldest son; Norfolk had steered the leadership of the conservative faction for more than a decade, and although the King’s death saved him from execution, the accession of the boy-King Edward vi left Protestant sympathisers in firm control. In a further piece of skilful politicking, real power was swiftly concentrated in the hands of Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford and now created Duke of Somerset with the title of Protector of the realm.1 Somerset’s overbearing tactlessness to other leading men and the disastrous breakdown of public order within two years under his regime led to his overthrow, but his successor John Dudley equally adroitly outmanoeuvred powerful conservatives to press forward Protestant policies as Duke of Northumberland between 1549 and 1553.
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MacCulloch, D. (1990). Protestant and Catholic Failure 1547–1558. In: The Later Reformation in England 1547–1603. British History in Perspective. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20692-6_2
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