the Stephen Gardiner made it possible for Edward Seymour, Edward’s (the new King) uncle, to become Lord Protector and duke of Somerset, who was ‘committed to a policy of cautious religious reform’.2 The reign of Edward VI and allowing for the acquisition of Somerset’s position is of great significance, because contrary to Henry’s policy of balance, it paved way for Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, who had long been a firm protestant, but quelled by Henry’s appeasement of the conservatives…
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