Chapter 12. John Dudley: Motives
Published Online: 17 DEC 2009
DOI: 10.1002/9781444307832.ch12
Copyright © 2009 Eric Ives
Book Title
Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Mystery
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How to Cite
Ives, E. (2009) John Dudley: Motives, in Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Mystery, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444307832.ch12
Publication History
- Published Online: 17 DEC 2009
- Published Print: 18 SEP 2009
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9781405194136
Online ISBN: 9781444307832
- Summary
- Chapter
Keywords:
- John Dudley - motives;
- rejecting the black legend as caricature - explanation for the behaviour of the duke of Northumberland;
- Mary's behaviour since her father's death - left no doubt that her accession would turn the clock back;
- Dudley and his wife, firmly in the evangelical camp;
- S. T. Bindoff claiming ‘behind his championship of the godly cause there was less of conviction than of calculation’;
- Northumberland's view was diametrically opposite – the church, subservient to the state;
- Jane Grey and other reformers - seeing the duke's conversion as blatant hypocrisy;
- John Dudley, motivated by reforming opinions - always debatable;
- caution colouring whole of Dudley's naval career;
- obsessive loyalty to the king at all times - declaring, Dudley and his family were not traitors