Supplemental: Lady Jane Grey and the Succession Crisis Part 1

Renaissance English History Podcast: A Show About the Tudors

Heather Teysko

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🗓️ 6 December 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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This is part one of the mini audio course for members from October, Lady Jane Grey and the Succession Crisis of 1553 - we'll cover the events leading up to Edward's Device for the Succession, and his motivations to change his father's will. You can listen to the entire course by becoming a patron at https://www.patreon.com/englandcast or anywhere you currently listen to audiobooks including: Hoopla: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/17503204 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6pSEOCzc2mL4mWhARQwqwj Everand: https://www.everand.com/audiobook/789999336/Lady-Jane-Grey-and-the-Succession-Crisis-of-1553-A-Tudor-Quick-Studies-Book-on-the-Nine-Day-s-Queen Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, friend, and welcome. This is the first module of a five-module mini course on Jane Gray in the Succession Crisis of 1553.
0:09.7	One thing you might not know is patrons and YouTube members of this channel, depending on what level you're at, get free monthly mini audio courses like this as one of the kind of thank yous for their support. So if you want to
0:23.1	listen to the full course, you can become a patron or you can also search for it wherever you
0:27.7	get audiobooks or even some libraries have it. So you might check it out. It is available as an
0:33.4	audiobook that you can check out and listen to. So Audible Scribd, any of the audiobook places,
0:39.6	you should be able to check it out. But please enjoy part one, which sets the stage for the
0:44.0	succession crisis of 1553. And again, to listen to the entire course, you can either become a
0:49.3	patron or a YouTube member at patreon.com slash Englandcast or just click join this channel. Or you can get the entire
0:56.6	course as an audiobook individually wherever you get audiobooks. All right. Thank you so much and
1:00.8	enjoy.
1:22.5	Hello, friend, and welcome to this mini audio course on Jane Gray and the Succession Crisis of 1553.
1:31.0	I am so glad you're here. In this first module, we are going to talk about the succession crisis,
1:39.9	about Henry V. 6th declining health, and his device for the succession. So let's hop right in.
1:45.4	In 1553, England stood at a critical crossroads.
1:50.1	King Edward VI, the only son of Henry VIII, was on his throne,
1:54.3	and his reign had been marked by significant Protestant reforms.
2:00.5	The Tudor dynasty, relatively new and fraught with previous succession issues, placed immense importance on a clear
2:03.9	line of inheritance to prevent instability. Succession in Tudor politics wasn't just about bloodlines,
2:11.3	but also about the religious and political future of the nation. Edward V. Endending death at the young age of 15 thrust the kingdom into uncertainty,
2:23.3	with no direct male heirs and two half-sisters, Mary and Elizabeth, whose legitimacy had been
2:29.6	legally disputed. The question of who would ascend to the throne became pivotal. This crisis had the
2:37.1	potential to undo the religious and political work of Edward's reign, making the succession
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