Diarmaid MacCulloch has made out Edward's "teenage dreams of founding an evangelical realm of Christ", while David Starkey has stated that "Edward had a couple of co-operators, but the driving will was his".
Diarmaid MacCulloch har framställt Edvards "tonårsdrömmar om att grunda ett evangeliskt rike av Kristus", medan David Starkey har konstaterat att "Edvard hade ett par medaktörer, men den drivande viljan var hans".