Does Northumberland deserve his title 'The Bad Duke'?
Personal Political Style
Religious Policy
Socio-economic Policy
Foreign Policy
Allowed Somerset to re-join PC but executed in 1552
Lord President of the Council compared to Lord Protector
Had to work hard to gain support and become LPofC in 1550
20 additional councillors controlled policy
Appointed William Cecil as Secretary
Church wealth attacked = gold and silver removed from Churches
Limitation to 25 Holy Days
1552 PB removed all traces of Catholicism
Prominent conservatives lost their positions
1553 42 Articles = Protestant Doctrine but Church hierarchy remained the same
Second Act of Uniformity made it an offense to not attend Church
Contrast between educated elite (Prot.) and rest of country who mainly just accepted reforms
1552 Poor Law making parishes responsible for raising money
1548 ST repealed in 1550 with unpopular enclosure commissions ended
End of Debasement of Coinage
Northumberland sacrificed Scottish influence to concentrate on domestic problems
1553 Muscovy Company, expanding trade routes
1550 Treaty of Boulogne, B handed back to Fr./agreed future marriage between Ed VI and H II Elizabeth