History Review, December 1st, 2002
For most of the 450 years since his execution, Northumberland (1) has received a bad press, in contrast to his predecessor, Somerset, `the good Duke'. John Hayward described him in 1636 as `sottishly mad with over-great fortune', while to Gilbert Burnett half a century later he was `a man of insolent temper'. To two twentieth-century historians, Northumberland is `the subtlest intriguer in English History' (Pollard, 1900) and `that masterly and almost instinctive conspirator' (Jordan, 1970). Northumberland is condemned above all for his part in the overthrow of Somerset in 1549, and his atte...
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