Gov Tacticts

Question 1

Q: Gov didn’t have a standing army so what else did they do to deal with unrest

Answer 1

• buying time
• Propaganda
• Pardons
• pre-emptive action
• Force

Question 2

Q: buying time ?

Answer 2

• threats of punishment- encouraged rebels to disperse

* didn’t work for Wolsey in AMG and Cromwell in POG - rebellion too big so had to negotiate

Question 3

Q: propaganda?

Answer 3

• Rebellion a sin - divine right of kings + the great chain of being
• Cromwell - writers to attack pilgrims- Morrison wrote “ a seditious rebellion
• Ed VI used propaganda in 1549 to discourage unrest- cranmers homilies - preachers sent to Norwich camp - cheke wrote “the hurt of sedition”

Question 4

Q: Pardons?

Answer 4

• Pog - Lovell + stafford - Yorkshire

Question 5

Q: pre-emptive action

Answer 5

• Simnel - clergy read papal bull threat of excommunicate rebels
• Warbeck - real earl of Warwick put on display and Henry signed treaty with french to stop them supporting him
• elizabeths social reforms
• spy network

Question 6

Q: force ?

Answer 6

• last resort especially in Ireland- cost and took time to raise troops
• troop shortages
• cornish had bigger force then lord Daubeney
• Pog had 40000 norfolk only had 8000
• western had 6000 and russell 300
• ne’s had 5000 sussexs only had 1000