Was there a mid-Tudor crisis during the reigns of Edward VI and Mary I (1547-1558)?

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Khrystyna Andronova

Was there a 'mid-Tudor' crisis during the reigns of Edward VI and Mary I (1547-1558)?

The view that there was a crisis in face of combination of weak rulers, number of financial and economic problems, a series of rebellions, religious reformations, and foreign policy failures in the middle years of the sixteen century was first implicit in the writings of influential historians, such as A.F. Pollard and S.T. Bindoff and first explained by W.R.D. Jones in his book 'The Mid-Tudor Crisis 1539-1563'.

Revisionists like David Loades, Jennifer Loach and Robert Tittler, who have written under the influence of detailed research, argued this notion and even suggest that this period was actually one of success and great achievements. Moreover there is another view of mid-Tudor crisis which suggest that both traditionalists and revisionist are wrong in their assumptions as John Matusiak stated there was no crisis and although there were achievements in mid-Tudor England , they couldn't be characterized as 'years of achievement' and in any overarching sense both interpretations are wrong.

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