Edward VI (1547-53)

Question 1

• What were the two major rebellions under Edward VI?
• What were they caused by?

Answer 1

• Kett and Western Rebellion
• Kett: Prayer Book - opposition to religious reforms
  Western: economic grievances such as enclosure

Question 2

• What was the central religious cause during the Western Rebellion?
• What was the main cause of the Kett Rebellion?
• Who led the Kett Rebellion?

Answer 2

• English Book of Common Prayer - rebels wanted to replace it with the Latin Mass
• Economic grievances such as enclosure
• Robert Kett

Question 3

• How did the government respond to the Kett Rebellion?
• How did the rebellions affect Somerset?

Answer 3

• Initially slow, Duke of Northumberland supressed the revolt
• weakened authority significantly and contributed to his fall from power

Question 4

• Who passed the Book of Common Prayer?
• What was the main purpose of it?
• What were key features of the Book of Common Prayer?

Answer 4

• Archbishop Cranmer
• normalise worship in English
• transubstantiation, retention of some Catholic practices, English language

Question 5

• Why was the Book of Common Prayer controversial?
• How did the 1552 book differ from the 1549 book?

Answer 5

• alienated both conservatives Catholics and Evangelicals
• more Protestant central, removed Catholic ceremonies, rejected transubstantiation

Question 6

• Why was the 1552 book more radical?
• What does the progression from the 1549 to 52 Prayer Book revealed?

Answer 6

• denied the real presence of the Mass
• shift of a more fully Protestant beliefs