Edward VI: The Boy King and the Protestant Revolution · 1547 – 1553

Radical Protestantism: Cranmer and the 1552 Prayer Book

The systematic dismantling of Catholic ritual and the imposition of Zwinglian ideas.

Key Questions

  1. 1How did the 1552 Book of Common Prayer differ from the 1549 version?
  2. 2What was the impact of the destruction of altars and images on the laity?
  3. 3How far had England become a Protestant nation by 1553?

National Curriculum Attainment Targets

A-Level: History - Edward VI: Religious ChangeA-Level: History - The Tudors: England, 1485–1603
Year: Year 12
Subject: History
Unit: Edward VI: The Boy King and the Protestant Revolution
Period: 1547 – 1553

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