Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and conventions -- Introduction -- 1 Constructing the reign of Edward VI -- FROM POORE PRATTE TO DAVID HUME -- POLITICS AND CONSTITUTION -- 2 King and kingship -- KINGSHIP -- COUNSEL, SUPREMACY, AND SOVEREIGNTY -- 3 The dynamics of power 1547-1549 -- PROTECTOR, KING, AND COUNSEL -- CONTROL AND OPPOSITION -- 4 Reforming the kingdom -- DEPOSING ANTICHRIST -- PROMOTING THE GODLY COMMONWEALTH -- 5 An evolving polity 1549-1553 -- POLITICS AND PATRONAGE -- COURT, KINGSHIP, AND MAJORITY -- 6 Beyond 1553: the Edwardian legacy -- KINGSHIP, IDOLATRY, AND EMPIRE -- FROM EDWARD TO ELIZABETH -- Bibliography -- I MANUSCRIPTS -- LONDON -- CAMBRIDGE -- II CALENDARS, REFERENCE WORKS, AND RESOURCES -- III PRINTED SOURCES 1547-53 -- IV PRINTED TUDOR SOURCES 1538-47, 1553-1603 -- V PRINTED SOURCES 1603-1850 -- VI MODERN WORKS -- VII UNPUBLISHED DISSERTATIONS -- Index.