Impact on tudor gov - Impact of rebellion on society

Question 1

How did rebellion impact religious policy?

Answer 1

• Tudor governments did not abandon their religious policies as a result of unrest
• Could have sped up religious change e.g penal laws following the Northern Earls rebellion for Catholics not attending church

Question 2

How did rebellion impact taxation?

Answer 2

• Taxes were not collected after both the Yorkshire and Cornish rebellions
• The Amicable Grant was abandoned

Question 3

How did rebellion impact social and economic policies?

Answer 3

• 1552- Limit on the conversion of arable to pasture discouraged enclosure
• 1552- Systematic collection and disbursal of alms- helped those in poverty
• 1552-55- regulation of the cloth industry

Question 4

How did rebellion impact the North?

Answer 4

• After PoG: council of the North reformed, JPs were changed and Henry visited York
• After Northern Earls: men with local connections were brought in to run the council, magistrates with Catholic sympathies were purged and replaced with Protestants

Question 5

How did rebellion impact Ireland?

Answer 5

• Some of the major families, Geraldines and Kildares, were replaced by English officials
• Land was redistributed to English settlers