chapter 3 - how did government deal with rebellions Flashcards
how did tudor government deal with rebellions through propaganda?
sermons used - everyone went to church and priests were a source of authority so people listened to them
KETT - duke of somerset sent preachers to appeal to rebels at mousehold heath
POG - pamphlets attacked the rebels arguing ‘obedience is a badge of a christian man’
attacked for religious ignorance
how effective was propaganda in dealing with rebellion
ineffective
masses of people were illiterate
made little impact on the pilgrimage of grace. rebels still marched
how did government deal with rebellion through consulting advisers?
important as monarchs didnt know everything about everyone
henry 7- only relied on a few advisers
henry 8 - key ministers kept him informed and ran the government, wolsey and cromwell
elizabeth and mary relied on advisers because they were women
mary recieved conflicting advice for wyatts rebellion
elizabeths advisers - cecils successfully planned defeat of essex and northern earls
how effective was consulting advisers
important as monarchs didnt know everything
ensured monarchs gave a measured and sensible response
how did tudor government deal with rebellion through buying time
buy time with pardons - pilgrimage of grace and amicable grant
attempts to buy time less successful in ireland - mary invite shane oneill to negotiations at court but the had to rely on military tactics
western somorset sent letters to the rebels urging them to stop and offering a pardon
how effective was buying time
useful as rebellions tended to run out of steam and die out themselves - cornish rebellion
useful for time to gather troops
not useful in the case of ireland
how did the tudor governents deal with rebellion through raising troops
lady jane grey plot - mary raised troops to march to london
tyrone - essex was given troops to defeat tyrone - failed
pilgrimage of grace - earl of shrewsbury knew he would be called so prepared troop
suffolk and norfolk sent to deal with amicable grant, POG
wyatts - ineffective- norfolk was too old to raise a successful army
how effective was raising troops?
no royal army or standing troops so had to rely on noble support to gather troops
important as successful army would lead to greater chance of success
ireland was important as it was so far away. needed successful forces
military was expensive - if troops were not paid they were just as big of a threat
how did Tudor government deal with rebellion through trail and retribution
henryVII and mary were lenient. HenryVIII and elizabeth vindictive
henry7 rewarded loyal men. yorkshire 1500 pardoned and only 6 executed
HVIII - 800 executed from POG
mary - didnt kill lady jane grey. wyatt 600 pardoned
elizabeth - oxfordshire over 20 killed and 100 arrested
ireland- martial law imposed whenever rebellion broke out. punishments were excessive and barbaric
how did Tudor government deal with rebellion through information gathering
find out the size, location and nature.
information was important so they knew how to deal with rebellions
elizabeth - sir francis walshingham as a spy. over 50 agents at home and overseas. he made arrests without trial
western - somerset faced communication difficulties - reliant on out of date reports
henry VII tracked lovell and stafford
how did Tudor government deal with rebellion through the role of nobility
nobles had local knowledge and they had the ability to gather troops
amiable grant - norfolk and suffolk dealt with rebelllion
POG - Hussey didnt raise enought men. was up to norfolk and suffolk to raise men
kett - norfolk sent
western - sir peter carew made rebellion worse
essex - earl of nottingham ordered to blast a hole in essexs house if he was to resist
how effective was trial and retribution
not effective in ireland - not under british authority so had to be dealt with harshly
elizabeth was excessive in attempt to warm people not to rebel
henry was lenient - in order to gain support as his claim to the throne was weak
how effective was role of nobility
some nobles didnt want to join rebellion becuase they had to much to lose
somerset and essex were not effective
essex failed with tyrone
somerset got useful information in western
hussey unable to raise troops for the POG
how effective was information gathering in dealing with rebellion
important to gather information in order to formulate an appropriate response
if rebellion was caught early it could have been prevented or impact lessened
how did tudor government deal with rebellion in ireland
rarely had sufficient resources to deal with rebellions until 1534 only a small number of troops in the pale. increased to 2000 by 1570
martial law imposed whenever was a rebellion. allowed english troops to kill anyone involved
ireland was not under english authority so was dealt with harshly
