Petitioning the pope .......................................................................... 106
Stepping up the action ...................................................................... 107
Losing his patience ............................................................................ 107
Divorcing the Catholic Church......................................................... 108
Running a New Church ............................................................................... 108
Taking the lead, bit by bit ................................................................. 108
Meeting the reformers....................................................................... 109
Dissolving the monasteries .............................................................. 111
Part III: Remembering the Forgotten Tudors:
Edward VI and Mary ............................................... 115
Chapter 7: Ruling from the Nursery: Edward VI and His Protectors . . .117
Setting Up a Protectorate ........................................................................... 117
Crossing over from Henry................................................................. 117
Taking control: The duke of Somerset ............................................ 119
Battling brothers ................................................................................ 120
Returning to the Auld Alliance: Scotland and France ............................. 120
Invading Scotland .............................................................................. 120
Following up with forts ..................................................................... 121
Allying against England .................................................................... 121
Pressing on in the north.................................................................... 122
Upping the tempo with France ......................................................... 123
Facing the Many-headed Monster: Social Unrest .................................... 124
Reacting to enclosure ........................................................................ 124
Failing to defuse the situation .......................................................... 125
Kicking off with Kett .......................................................................... 125 Table of Contents xv
Ousting Somerset: Dudley Takes the Helm .............................................. 128
Somerset versus Dudley ................................................................... 128
Changing the Chamber ...................................................................... 129
Dictating with Dudley ........................................................................ 130
Chapter 8: Encouraging Protestantism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Choosing Reform: Gently Does It ............................................................... 134
Sewing the seeds ................................................................................ 134
Testing the water with new bishops ............................................... 135
Moving on: Visitations and homilies ............................................... 135
Dissolving the chantries by law ....................................................... 136
Trying to make things clear .............................................................. 136
Introducing the First Prayer Book ............................................................. 137
Changing content and language ....................................................... 137
Making enemies.................................................................................. 138
Taking in the refugees ....................................................................... 140
Continuing with Cranmer, hoping with Hooper ............................. 141
Getting Radical: Moving on with the Second Prayer Book ..................... 142
Picking apart the revised prayer book: Noxious Knox ................. 143
Defining faith ...................................................................................... 143
Reforming zeal and dodgy dealings ................................................. 144
Managing Mary............................................................................................. 145
Plotting her escape ............................................................................ 146
Coming to Court ................................................................................. 146
Chapter 9: Changing with the Times: Edward, John, Jane and Mary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149
Taking Over: Dudley Rules OK ................................................................... 149
Getting personal ................................................................................. 150
Getting promotion: Warwick on the way up................................... 151
Sitting on the diplomatic fence ........................................................ 153
Facing down the French .................................................................... 154
Priming a Prince........................................................................................... 155
Growing up ......................................................................................... 156
Going before his time ........................................................................ 156
Making last-minute changes ............................................................. 157
Passing on in a terrible storm .......................................................... 158
Reigning for Nine Days: Jane Grey............................................................. 158
Manoeuvring with Mary .................................................................... 158
Defending Jane?.................................................................................. 159
Making Up With Mary.................................................................................. 159
Checking out her team ...................................................................... 160
Stepping into power .......................................................................... 160
Marrying Mary .................................................................................... 162 xvi The Tudors For Dummies
Chapter 10: Returning to the Old Faith: Mary I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
Reviving the Old Faith ................................................................................. 167
Making changes .................................................................................. 168
Getting Parliament on side ............................................................... 169
Furthering the faith............................................................................ 170
Beginning the burning ....................................................................... 172
Punishing the people ......................................................................... 175
Looking on the good side.................................................................. 175
Planting Rebellion in Ireland ...................................................................... 176
Securing Succession .................................................................................... 177
Settling into the role of king ............................................................. 177
Expecting great things....................................................................... 178
Waiting for nothing ............................................................................ 179
Drifting and Shifting: Philip Flexes His Muscles ...................................... 180
Eyeing the crown ............................................................................... 180
Double dealing with Dudley.............................................................. 181
Taking a turn for the worse .............................................................. 182
Squabbling with the pope ................................................................. 182
Trying to drag England into a war ................................................... 183
Chapter 11: Ending the Dream: The Last of Mary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185
Going to War with France ........................................................................... 185
Revolting with Stafford...................................................................... 185
Fighting the French � again! .............................................................. 186
Warring in winter: the fall of Calais ................................................. 187
Following the fall ............................................................................... 187
Feeling the fallout .............................................................................. 188
Getting the jitters ............................................................................... 189
Catching a Cold: The Flu Epidemic ........................................................... 189
Defending the Faith ..................................................................................... 190
Encountering Elizabeth ............................................................................... 191
Locking up a rival............................................................................... 191
Searching for a suitable suitor ......................................................... 192
Naming Elizabeth as successor ........................................................ 193
Preparing for power .......................................................................... 194
Claiming the Crown ..................................................................................... 195
Part IV: Ending with Elizabeth .................................. 197
Chapter 12: Dancing with Elizabeth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
Clearing Out the Court ................................................................................ 199
Purging the Privy Chamber .............................................................. 200
Choosing the Council ........................................................................ 200
Marrying the Job.......................................................................................... 201
Getting a picture of Elizabeth's sexuality ....................................... 201
Looking for Mr Right.......................................................................... 202 Table of Contents xvii
Wanting it all....................................................................................... 202
Toying with the talent ....................................................................... 203
Dallying with Dudley.......................................................................... 204
Riding a Cock Horse .................................................................................... 207
Sailing in New Directions ............................................................................ 209
Slaving with Hawkins ......................................................................... 210
Menacing from Spain ......................................................................... 213
Chapter 13: Choosing the Middle Way between Protestants and Catholics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215
Settling the Faith .......................................................................................... 215
Gauging opinion ................................................................................. 216
Pinning down the queen's beliefs .................................................... 216
Clashing over uniformity .................................................................. 217
Telling little white lies to Rome ...................................................... 218
Enforcing her will ............................................................................... 219
Conforming clergymen? .................................................................... 219
Converting Ireland? ..................................................................................... 220
Tackling the tribes ............................................................................. 220
Setting up the counties ..................................................................... 221
Polarising the faiths ........................................................................... 221
Claiming Calais ............................................................................................. 222
Feeling uneasy .................................................................................... 222
Getting involved in a French squabble ........................................... 222
Stirring Things Up with the Stuarts ........................................................... 223
Securing Scotland .............................................................................. 223
Landing right in the thick of trouble ............................................... 224
Wearing the crown, and losing the crown ...................................... 225
Triggering revolt ................................................................................ 228
Assessing the Decade: Girl Done Good? ................................................... 230
Chapter 14: Gunning for Elizabeth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233