Edward VI, Henry VIII's son, was only a child when he became king, so
the country was ruled by a council. All the members of this council were from
the new nobility created by the Tudors. They were keen Protestant reformers
because they had benefited from the sale of monastery lands. Indeed, all the
new landowners knew that they could only be sure of keeping their new lands if
they made England truly Protestant.
Most English people still
believed in the old Catholic religion. Less than half the English were
Protes
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