Abstract
This paper examines the English Reformation in the 16th century under the last Tudors, Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I. Research was done with letters, speeches, popular culture, art, and religious texts. The argument presented here is that across the Protestant and Catholic divides of the period there was an effort by the monarchs to build up national identity in tandem with religion. The aim of this project is to assert that royal power, in conjunction with religious reform created this identity. By examining Edward, Mary, and Elizabeth, the power and limitations of the crown’s power shows that despite being an individual office, royal authority was as much a social force as religion and helped to raise early English national feelings.
How to Cite
Ellis, S. A., (2019) “Royal Power and Faith: The Tudor Children in the English Reformation”, Capstone, The UNC Asheville Journal of Undergraduate Scholarship 32(1).
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