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Sometimes it has been difficult for historians to take the reign seriously because of its reputation for faction or rapacity, but this is an issue of historiography rather than history. The profound limitations of the historiography are thrown into dramatic silhouette by the depth and sophistication of Edwardian political culture – at times too sophisticated, falling short of the practical realities of minority monarchy, but rich and diverse nevertheless, conscious of the potential of kingship both in theory and in practice.
The scriptural foundation for Hooper’s seven sermons ( February– April) was the Book of Jonah, which describes the eventual success of a flawed man, the preacher Jonah, in convincing the people of the Assyrian metropolis of Ninevah of the desperate need for their repentance. In his second sermon, on February, Hooper preached on the nature of vocation, and used his text to explore ‘the office of the kyngs magestye, hys councell, and al his Magistrates’ in seeing ‘the true boke of God the holye Byble to be tawghte and receyved of hys magesties subjects’ as a protection against idolatry.
R–v). Cf. R. W. , Tudor studies (London, ), pp. –. F. Pollard, The history of England from the accession of Edward VI to the death of Elizabeth (–) (London, ), pp. –. ‘Government’ is the key word here. For many historians, the true test of the maturity of Edward’s kingship was whether it could accommodate itself to the formal processes of government administration. Edward had to be introduced to established structures of a bureaucracy and a government that could operate with or without his direct supervision.
