John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland 1504-1553

Zusatztext the standard work and has all the qualities which we have come to expect from Professor Loades: meticulous use of both manuscript and printed sources and careful judgements on the major issues of the period ... the book is beautifully produced - a credit to Oxford University Press. Klappentext This book reconstructs the personal and political life of John Dudley (1504-1553), Viscount Lisle, Earl of Warwick and Duke of Northumberland. For three and a half years (1549-1553) as Lord President of the Council, he was the leader of Edward VI's minority government. His involvement in the notorious attempt to frustrate Mary's succession to the throne in favour of his daughter-in-law, Jane Grey, contributed substantially to the evil reputation which clung to him both at the time and since. He is conventionally portrayed as an ambitious, unscrupulous man, who embraced and renounced the Reformation to suit his own purposes. The fact that his father was Henry VII's detested financial agent Edmund Dudley, and one of his sons the colourful Earl of Leicester, has helped to confirm his unprincipled image. Now his reputation is being reassessed, but historians have concentrated almost entirely on his years in power - the last four years of his life. Drawing upon new research, Professor Loades looks at John Dudley's whole career and by considering the lives of his father, Edmund, and his sons, places him in longer historical perspective. A new and important interpretation of the Tudor service nobility emerges in which John Dudley is seen not merely as an overmighty subject and kingmaker, but first and foremost as a servant of the English Crown. Zusammenfassung This biography presents the career of the controversial 16th century statesman, John Dudley. As Lord President of the Council which governed Edward VI's minority, he was the most powerful man in England between 1550 and 1553, notorious for his attempt to alter the succession to the throne....

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• Authors: D M Loades, D. M. Loades, D.M. Loades, David Loades, David (Professor of History Loades, David M Loades, David M. Loades, Professor David Loades, Professor David M. Loades
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.07.1996
• EAN: 9780198201939
• ISBN: 978-0-19-820193-9
• No. of pages: 348
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; England, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), British & Irish history, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Biography: historical, political and military, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600