The Boy King Edward VI and the Protestant Reformation [Paperback]

Diarmaid MacCulloch illuminates the significance of Edward's turbulent and neglected reign. He takes a fresh look at the life and beliefs of the young king and of the ruthless politicians who jostled for power around him. He analyzes the single-minded strategy of the Protestant Revolution and assesses the support it had among the people of England.

Diarmaid MacCullochis a Fellow of St. Cross College, Oxford, and Professor of the History of the Church at Oxford University. His books includeSuffolk and the Tudors(1986),The Later Reformation in England, 1547-1603(1990); The Reign of Henry VIII: Politics, Policy and Piety(1995); andThomas Cranmer: A Life(1996).

This is Reformation history as it should be written, not least because it resembles its subject matter: learned, argumentative, and, even when mistaken, never dull. Eamon Duffy, author ofThe Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England, 1400-1580