The Nature Of Rebellions: Strategy And Tactics Flashcards
What was the tactics that entailed dynastic rebellions and what is some examples?
Rising noble and gentry super, enlisting foreign diplomatic and military aid and putting pressure on the ruler as Simnel and Warbeck had the expectation of raising troops from disaffected counties before marching on London, in practice racing only 4000-5000 troops and getting only to 150 miles to London and Wyatt was a good strategist but poor tactical and understood the need to have nation-wide support but delayed his entry into Lindon when time was of the essence
What was the common strategy of protest against government policy?
To raise as much popular support as possible
To acquire the baking of gentry, clergy and nobles
To pressurise the authorities to respond to their requests
To present grievances as articles to the Crown’s representatives, once these hd been submitted there was little they could do but wait for a reply
What are some examples of fear and imitation towards hundred os gentry and lesser nobles in 1536-1537?
The Abbot of Jervaulx recounted that he was threatened with beheading if he did not surrender his abbey
Marmaduke Neville claimed that his wife and goods were at risk if refused to he join in
Sir Roger Cholmeley was told his house would be looted there and then
According to Lord Darcy how many men approached him to join the Pilgrimage of Grace?
3000 rebels
What are some examples of fear and intimidation in the 1549 rebellions?
The Western rebels kidnapped local gentry, detained passing merchants and put the sheriff of Devon under house arrest
In Suffolk, four magistrates were imprisoned at Melton
In Norfolk, Kett’s captains held and humiliated any gentry who would not cooperate
What are some examples of violence occurring in rebels at a source of local Ange?
In 1489, the Earl of Northumberland, Henry VII’s sheriff of Yorkshire, who was reasonable for collecting the war tax
In 1497, the Provost of Penury, the collector of a war tax in Cornwall, was murdered in Taunton
During the Pilgrimage of Grace in 1536 Dr John Raynes was hacked to pieces by an angry mob and another innocent man was hanged
What did the Cornishmen in 1497 say about violence?
wished ‘to do no creature hurt’
What towns repelled rebel sieges?
Exeter - on 3 occasions, twice in 1497 and 1549
Carlisle in 1537 and 1570
Where was some country towns where county official cracked under the strain unopened their gates to the rebels?
Taunton - 1497
York - 1536
Lancaster - 1536
Norwich - 1549
Durham - 1536 and 1569
What are some towns where majors openly supported the protestors?
Wells - 1497
Lincoln - 1536
Torrington - 1549
Bodmin - 1549
What type of warfare was found in Irish rebellions?
Guerrilla warfare
Who was the prime targets of attacks in Irish rebellions?
English landowners and Anglo-Irish government officials particularly in Ulster and lands west and south of the Pale around Dublin
