Rebellion and unrest Flashcards
Did the burnings work?
- Acted as a deterrent to opposition.
- Clear religious doctrine.
- Shows Mary’s power.
Why didn’t the burnings work?
-Long process.
-Created a bad reputation - ‘bloody Mary’.
-Protestant martyrs - making people’s faith deepen and be proud to be a Protestant.
-Hard to know whether people actually believed in catholicism or pretended to believe in it out of fear of the repercussions.
-Caused 800 of the wealthy Protestants to flee.
How many burnings were there?
Around 300.
Why did Mary pursue the policy of burning?
-Associated Protestantism with the divorce of her parents.
-Devout catholic.
-Mistreatment = saw Thomas Cranmer as the reason for the maltreatment of her mother.
What Bishops did Mary burn?
Hooper, Hugh Latimer, Edward Bonner, Ridley and Cranmer.
What did Mary give people the option to do before they were burned?
Recant - reverse beliefs - or be burned at the stake.
What did Mary make the mistake of doing when she burned Cranmer?
She didn’t execute him for treason - made her look bad.
Where did Mary escape to before Edward died?
East Anglia.
What were the events of the Lady Jane Grey rebellion?
- Orders were given for sheriffs and JPs to raise forces.
- 10th July, LJG proclaimed Queen.
- Mary appealed to Charles V for assistance.
- Mary moved to Framlington Castle and had forces of around 20,000 bolstered by the Earl of Oxford.
- Northumberland left London to face Mary.
- Privy Council left the tower and said they had fallen to error - Northumberland lost his support once he left.
What happened during Wyatt’s rebellion?
- Rebels reached Ludgate, half a KM from the Queen.
- Meant to be supported by a French fleet blocking the English channel.
- Plan leaked by Edward Courtenay to Gardiner.
- The Duke of Norfolk returned to court when his troops joined the rebellion.
- Rebellion, led by Sir James Croft, Sir Peter Carew and Sir Thomas Wyatt.
- Wyatt raised an army of 3000.
- Wyatt delayed at Cooling Castle and wasted time.
99 rebels executed -= Wyatt, LJG, Guildford Dudley and Duke of Surrey.
How serious were the rebellions? LJG and Wyatt’s rebellion
- potential removal of queen.
- LJG proclaimed Queen.
- Timing - if Northumberland had captured Mary before she fled to East Anglia.
- If all 4 attacks of Wyatt’s rebellion had worked.
- If Wyatt hadn’t been delayed.
- Only some of Mary’s loyal nobles stood by her.
- Weakness of Mary’s government shown by the lack of strong punishment.
- No widespread campaign after rebellion.
- Mary was the legitimate heir.
- Many of Northumberland’s supporters abandoned him.
Why was Northumberland’s plot doomed from the start?
- He failed to arrest Mary and keep her in custody.
- He underestimated the amount of support for Mary in the country.
What did Wyatt do when LJG was proclaimed Queen?
Declared his support for Mary?
Why did Wyatt lose support for Mary?
He opposed the marriage arrangement between Mary and Philip.
What did the conspirators of Wyatt’s rebellion plan to do?
Marry Elizabeth to Edward Courtenay, Earl of Devon.
