Unit 3: Kett's Rebellion Flashcards
1
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Year?
A
1549
2
Q
Historical Context
A
- Edwards reign
- 1st prayer book was made introducing Protestantism
- 1548 - bad harvest - made people angry and desperate
3
Q
Religious Causes:
A
- want better use of the prayer book
- wanted better preachers/ vicars
- they wanted a fair society
- wanted the gentry to have land from the monasteries
4
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Political Causes:
A
- local government was corrupt
- it was an appeal to central government
- thought that Somerset (Edwards protector) would help them
- people argue that it was a class rebellion as peasants weren’t happy with way they were treated and appealed to people above them
5
Q
Economic Causes:
A
- inflation
- slump in the cloth trade
- wool had gone up in price
- common land had been enclosed
6
Q
Social Causes:
A
- felt gentry were getting richer
- ancient customs eroded
7
Q
Serious?:”l”9
A
- Norwich (2nd largest city)
- 16,000 rebels
- against local government
- Battle; 3,000 killed
- classed as treason
&- cannons used from coastal defences - Somerset was replaced
- Pardon refused twice
- it was organised and their was clear leadership
8
Q
Not Serious?
A
- only included peasants
- leadership decisions (refusing pardon x 2, invading Norwich x 2, fighting in open fields)
- Northumberland manipulated the rebellion
- Demands were too respectful
- Lenient; only 49 executed
- didn’t threaten monarch
- no military trained
- no foreign involvement
- regionalised
- didn’t threaten London
9
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Quote
A
’ the closest England came to a class war’ John Guy
10
Q
Poor leadership
A
- took Norwich twice
- decided to battle in Dussindale with open fields
11
Q
Why it failed?
A
- Only included peasants
- leadership decisions; refusal of 2 pardons, invading Norwichx2, fighting in open fields
- Northumberland manipulated the rebellion
- demands were too respectful
