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PRINCESS MARY'S HOUSEHOLD AND THE SUCCESSION CRISIS, JULY 1553

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 May 2007

ANNA WHITELOCK  and
DIARMAID MACCULLOCH
ANNA WHITELOCK
Affiliation:
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
DIARMAID MACCULLOCH
Affiliation:
St Cross College, Oxford
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Abstract

This article reconsiders Mary Tudor's victory in the succession crisis of July 1553. It challenges the traditional interpretation which accounts for Mary's unexpected triumph as the result of a ‘spontaneous’ rising of the East Anglian gentry. Instead it reclaims a central role for Mary's household affinity in the succession crisis and as such presents a longer-term perspective than accounts of Mary's coup d’état have provided hitherto. It concludes by pointing to the implications of the role of Mary's household for interpreting the politics and religion of her reign.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Historical Journal , Volume 50 , Issue 2 , June 2007 , pp. 265 - 287
Copyright
© 2007 Cambridge University Press

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