The Historian, September 22nd, 1998
John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, 1504-1553. By David Loades. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996. Pp. xi, 333. $80.00.)
Since Henry VIII's son, Edward VI, did not live to maturity, his short reign was dominated by his regents, Protector Somerset (1547-1549) and the Duke of Northumberland (1549-1553). The character of these two men has been the subject of historical debate for years. The old view, stated by A. F. Pollard, and still found in W. K. Jordan's two-volume study of Edward's reign, completed in 1970, is that Somerset was an appealing liberal, who was sincere in his Protestant convict...
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