Duke of Somerset Historiography
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DUKE OF SOMERSET HISTORIOGRAPHY
Traditionalists = "good duke".
- Henry's Legacy and Situtation Somerset Inherited
- Roger Turvey said Somerset "inherited an impossible diplomatic and miliary position".
- Evidence to support this: He faced a hostile France and an unpredictable Scotland, a country divided betwen two different religions, colossal debts.
- Roger Turvey said Somerset "inherited an impossible diplomatic and miliary position".
- Effective Politician
- AGR Smith -- The Act of Uniformity was a "shrewd statesman- like measure". Shrewd=sharp, astute.
- Friend of the poor
- AJ Pollard -- Somerset was a man whose "aims were essentially noble".
- Evidence to support this: In 1548 and 1549, he sent out commissions to investigate grievances about loss of tillage (land of cultivation i.e farming), encroachment of large sheep flocks on common land, and similar issues.
- AJ Pollard -- Somerset was a man whose "aims were essentially noble".
- Religion
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- Eammon Duffy says that Somerset's encouragement of iconoclasm was a "charter for revolution".
Revisionists = dislike him.
- Political Rule
- Jennifer Loach described Somerset was "autocratic by tempermant". Autocraticac = tyrannical, ruling with absolute power. Michael Tillbrook agreed saying Somerset's "arrogant and dictatorial manner created enemies". John Lotherington said Somerset used the Privy Council as little more than a rubber stamp.
- Evidence to support this: He issued 77 proclamations over the course of 2 years, this is a huge contrast to Henry's use of proclamations; he issued on average 6 a year during his reign.
- Nigel Heard said he "failed to show the leadership necessary" to be succesfull.
- Evidence to support this: Thomas Seymour's plotting and subsequent execution demonstrate Somerset's lack of control over his councillors. It…
- Jennifer Loach described Somerset was "autocratic by tempermant". Autocraticac = tyrannical, ruling with absolute power. Michael Tillbrook agreed saying Somerset's "arrogant and dictatorial manner created enemies". John Lotherington said Somerset used the Privy Council as little more than a rubber stamp.
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