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1
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Why did most rebellions take place in the peripheral religions of the Kingdom?

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  • They were furthest away from the central region in London and the king was more dependent upon local nobles and gentry to maintain order .
2
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Why was the North a frequent place of rebellion? +examples

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  • At the start of the period, it was a Yorkist stronghold as it had been Richard III’s seat of power.
  • Region’s particularism in not paying taxes.
  • Lovell Rebellion, Northern Earls.
3
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What motivated the south-west to rebel?

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  • They didn’t care about dynastic issues but resented the increased role of the central government, particularly with regards to taxation.
  • Cultural and linguistic differences, particularly in Cornwall, may have given the region a sense of difference and encouraged resistance to taxation and religious innovation.
4
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What motivated East Anglia to rebel?

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  • There was a strong tradition of unrest, with outbreaks in 1381 during the Peasants’ Revolt.
  • Enclosure riots in 1525 and attacks on the gentry in 1540, before the major uprising in 1549. The rebels established a series of camps in places where local government was administered, such as Bury St Edmunds.
5
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Explain how the location of Ireland encouraged rebellions?

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  • The distance from London and the difficulty of sending troops encouraged unrest.
  • This grew as the period progressed because the government increased its control over the region- Challenging the traditional clan power of families such as Tyrone, O’Neill, and Fitzgerald. The attempt under Elizabeth to introduce Protestantism and the plantation system caused further problems.
6
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Give examples of where Major towns and cities were the focus for the location of rebellions

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  • Cornish and Wyatt Rebellions marched on London, while Essex also conducted his rebellion at his London home.
  • During the Pilgrimage of Grace, the Rebels seized York, the regional capital of the North.
  • The Northern Earls entered the religious centre of Durham to restore mass in 1569.
  • In 1549, Kett’s rebels seized Norwich, the regional capital of East Anglia.
  • The Western Rebels besieged Exeter, the regional capital of the south-west, although they failed to take it.
7
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Give examples of the traditional location of rebellions.

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  • Blackheath - Cornish Rebels went to Blackheath in June 1497, where the Peasant’s revolt had gathered in 1381.
  • The Western rebels in 1549, started at Bodmin, as had the Cornish rising of 1497
  • The Oxfordshire rising of 1596 gathered at Enslow Hill, which had been the site of a gathering in 1549
8
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How did the nobility influence the location of rebellions?

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  • Areas were more likely to witness unrest if the relationship between the nobility and inhabitants was poor.
  • This was seen in 1549 in the West Country where Lord John Russell had newly replaced the Courtenays and in East Anglia where the Howards had fallen from power.
  • Where control was strong, unrest was limited, for example in Sussex where the Earl of Arundel ruled.