Tudor Rebellions Chapter 2 Essay Plans

One side question, other paragraph by paragraph structure with examples

To what extent did support for rebellions decline during the period?

Paragraphs: Nobles, Gentry, Commons

To what extent did the nature of rebellions change in the course of the Tudor period?

Paragraphs: Location, Leadership, Size & Support

Location: England —> Ireland over time

If wanted power needed London (Blackheath- Cornish, Amicable Grant, Kett, Wyatt, LJG, Essex)

Peripheries consistent (Cornish, Yorkshire, PofG, Western, Northern Earls)

Ireland more later (Tyrone, Munster, Geraldine, Shane O’Neil)

Leadership: No real change beyond class of leaders

Strong (Aske, Kett, Hugh O’Neil) and weak (Lovell, Northumberland, Essex) leadership seen throughout.

Some change seen in class of leader (less gentry under Elizabeth- rising up, clergy support rises during reformation, commons rises pre-PofG (economic issues, then falls when PofG proves unwinnable))

Size & Support: Clear change- in first half rebellions larger, more frequent, more varied support, less Irish

Frequency diminished- spymasters, poor laws, spectacle of PofG fail

Size- Cornish, PofG, Kett (more socio economic; L/O poor laws)

Support: Nobles involved throughout (less under Elizabeth- Northern Earls + Essex), Commons more in first half, clergy more during reformation, gentry less under Elizabeth (rising up)

‘1549 was the most important turning point in the nature of unrest in the period’. How far do you agree?

Paragraphs: Tactics, Size, Support, Location, Leadership, Objectives

‘The gentry were the most successful leaders of rebellion in the period’. How far do you agree?

Paragraphs: Gentry, Nobles, Commons

Gentry: Most often leaders of socio-economic rebellions. Fell of under Elizabeth (rising up)

Inc: Yorkshire (Egremont), Kett, PofG (Aske), Western (Arundell), Wyatt (Wyatt)

Nobles: If wanted legitimacy, nobles often most likely to be leaders. Often political causes (dynastic/successional/religious)

Inc: Lovell, Cornish (Audley), PofG (Aragonese), LJG (Northumberland), Northern Earls (Westmorland and Northumberland), Essex

Commons: Rarely individual leadership- Leadership by manpower. Most were religious and successional (often went unchanged) or tax (easily fixed blaming ‘evil advisors’).

Inc: Cornish (Michael Joseph led battle to Blackheath), PofG (Nicholas Melton was captain of Louth rebels), Oxfordshire (arranged by local servants and tradesmen- Bartholomew), Amicable Grant (led by husbandmen, urban artisans, weavers, and peasants).

To what extent were the nature of English and Irish rebellions different?

Paragraphs: Tactics, Size, Support, Location, Aims + Objectives

‘The most important reason for the failure of Tudor rebellions was unrealistic objectives’ How far do you agree?

Paragraphs: Objectives, Support, Size, Leadership, Location, Tactics