to what extent can the reigns of edward and mary be regarded as forming a mid tudor crisis

To What extent can the reigns of Edward and Mary be regarded as forming a mid Tudor crisis

The reigns of both Mary and Edward were both responsible for a period full of turmoil and controversy. So naturally the debate of whether there was a crisis will be presented. There were various aspects throughout both reigns that have to be analysed to see if there was a crisis or not: foreign policy, economic policy, government, laws, politics and religion, since these are the only fields that a noticeable crisis would take place.
remained was that Edward was too young to provide a proper leader for a nation and somebody who wasn’t royalty would have to take his place. In order to prevent this from happening, Henry left in his will that there would be a council of sixteen men all with equal power left to rule the country. One man Edward Seymour who was currently the Earl of Hertford already a member of the council soon emerged as leader through discovering loopholes in henry’s will (alt...