Edward VI of England church property that had begun under Henry VIII resumed under Edward—notably with the dissolution of the chantries—to the great monetary advantage of the crown and the new owners of the seized property. Church reform was therefore as much a political as a religious policy under Edward VI. By the end of his reign, the church had been financially ruined, with much of the property of the bishops transferred into lay hands. The religious convictions of both Somerset and Northumberland have proved elusive for historians, who are divided on the sincerity of their Protestantism. There is less doubt, however, about the
Seleucus VI Epiphanes Seleucus VI Epiphanes Seleucus VI Epiphanes Nicator (; between 125 and 111 BC – 94BC) was a Hellenistic Seleucid monarch who reigned as the King of Syria between 96 and 94 BC. He was the son of Antiochus VIII and his Egyptian wife Tryphaena. He lived at a period of civil war between his father and his uncle Antiochus IX, which ended in 96 BC when Antiochus VIII was assassinated. Antiochus IX then occupied the capital Antioch while Seleucus VI established his power-base in western Cilicia and himself prepared for war. In 95 BC, Antiochus IX marched against his nephew,