Aspects in Depth: Challenges to Authority - Queen Takes Queen? The Revolt of the Northern Earls, 1569-70.

Question 1

What were the causes of the Northern rebellion?

Answer 1

• concern over middle way
• factions like catholic Howard’s against cecil
• MQS arrival = focus and figurehead
• northern economy insecure
• protestants held best positions = resentment
• MQS married w/ son, E unmarried and ill; plan to marry Norfolk and MQS
• release, arrest, execute?

Question 2

How great a threat did the Northern Rebellion pose?

Answer 2

• lack of support, 6000
• E survived due to loyalty of nobs like Darby
• norfolk submitted
• less focused leadership
• lack of widespread, active support
  BUT
• probability of foreign involvement
• presence of MQS = pressure to resolve succession crisis
• attempt to restore catholicism and depose E
• demonstrated failure of policy and control in remote regions