Impact On Society

Question 1

Q: how did Rebellion impact society

Answer 1

• religious policy
• taxation
• social and economic policy
• regions

Question 2

Q: impact in religious policy

Answer 2

• didn’t abandon religious policies due to unrest
• could say rebellion speeded up religious changes
• NE’s was followed by the penal laws of 71

Question 3

Q: impact of Taxation

Answer 3

• Policy often modified

• taxes not collected after cornish or yorkshire
• AMG abandoned

Question 4

Q: social and economic policies impact

Answer 4

• most noticeable after 1549 and in 1590’s
• Act of punishment and rising of the kings subjects passed after 1549 - lord lieutenants given control of county levies
• measures to alleviate social and economic tensions ( unemployment and price of food risisng)
• 1551 - revaluation of the coinage
• 1552 - act passed to limit the amount of arable land that could be converted to pasture
• 1552- corn dealers licensed - helped control price
• 1552 - systematic collection and distribution of alms = helped the poor
• 1552-55 - cloth trade regulations = to stop declining sales

Question 5

Q: Impact on regions

Answer 5

•North

• rebellion gave the crown a chance to increase control over the north -POG + NEs
• POG - council of the north redone - less gentry roles given more southerners and jp’s changed to kings sympathisers
• NE - Catholic magistrates replaces by protestant magistrates and men without local connections like the earl of huntingdon brought up to run the council

• ireland

• Irish families losing power
• land redistribution
• English settlers