Tudor Rebellions: Revised 5th Edition, 5th Edition

Widely considered a classic, this book offers an invaluable chronological account and analysis of the rebellions which affected the Kingdom of England during the reign of the Tudors.

• A thorough account of the successive rebellions from the reign of King Henry VII through to the death of Queen Elizabeth in 1603
• Completely revised and updated content – including the latest research and interpretations, plus an updated bibliography which guides students to relevant further reading around the subject.
• New data and material added - in particular there is additional information about The Pilgrimage of Grace in 1536 and Kett’s Rebellion of 1549, plus new primary source documents for students.

Chronology

Abbreviations

Who’s Who

Glossary

Maps

List of plates

PART ONE: ANALYSIS
1 The Shape of Tudor Society
2 Ideas of Submission, Ideas of Justice
3 Taxation and Rebellion
The Yorkshire Rebellion 1489
The Cornish Rebellion 1497
Resistance to taxation 1513-1525
4 The Lincolnshire Rising and the Pilgrimage of Grace
The Lincolnshire Rising
The Pilgrimage: October-December 1536
The causes of the Rebellion
Henry VIII and the North 1537-1547
5 The Western Rebellion
Riot and rebellion in the West 1547-1549
The causes of the Rebellion

Robert Kett and the "Rebellions of Commonwealth"
Prelude to Rebellion, 1548

The Commotions May-August 1549
The causes of the Commotions

7 Wyatt’s Rebellion
Conspiracy and rebellion, November 1553-February 1554
The Rebellion, Religion and the Spanish marriage
8 The Northern Rebellion
Conspiracy and rebellion 1569-1570
The causes of the Rebellion
9 Epilogue
10 Rebellion and Tudor Government
PART TWO: DOCUMENTS
FURTHER READING

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