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"Tudor Rebellions, now in its sixth edition, gives a chronological account of the major rebellions against the Tudor monarchy from the reign of King Henry VII until the death of Queen Elizabeth I in 1603. It also throws light on some of the main themes of Tudor history, including the dynasty�...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fletcher, Anthony (Author), MacCulloch, Diarmaid (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2015.
Edition:Sixth edition.
Series:Seminar studies in history.
Subjects:
Great Britain > History > Tudors, 1485-1603.
Peasant uprisings > Great Britain > History > 16th century.
Insurgency > Great Britain > History > 16th century.
History.
1485 - 1603
Insurgency.
Peasant uprisings.
Great Britain.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface to the fifth edition
  • Chronology
  • Who's who
  • Maps
  • Part One. The background
  • The shape of Tudor society
  • Ideas of submission, ideas of justice
  • Part Two. Descriptive analysis
  • Taxation and rebellion
  • The Yorkshire Rebellion, 1489
  • The Cornish Rebellions, 1497
  • Resistance to taxation, 1513-25
  • The Lincolnshire Rising and the Pilgrimage of Grace 28
  • The Lincolnshire Rising
  • The Pilgrimage, October-December 1536
  • The causes of the rebellion
  • Henry VIII and the North, 1537-47
  • The Western Rebellion
  • Riot and rebellion in the West, 1547-49
  • 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
  • Wyatt's Rebellion
  • Conspiracy and rebellion, November 1553-February 1554
  • The rebellion, religion and the Spanish marriage
  • The Northern rebellion
  • Conspiracy and rebellion, 1569-70
  • The causes of the rebellion
  • Epilogue
  • Part Three. Assessment
  • Rebellion and Tudor government
  • Part Four. Documents
  • The Duke of Norfolk to Wolsey, 1525
  • The examination of Nicholas Leche, 1536
  • The Lincoln Articles, 1536
  • The Oath of the Honourable Men, 1536
  • Robert Aske to the Lords at Pontefract, 1536
  • The Pilgrims' Ballad, 1536
  • The Commons of Westmorland to Lord Darcy, 1536
  • Advice to the Pilgrims at Pontefract, 1536
  • The Pontefract Articles, 1536
  • Richard Morison, A remedy for sedition, 1536
  • The examination of Robert Aske, 1537
  • The demands of the Western rebels, 1549
  • A copy of a letter, 1549
  • Philip Nichols's answer to the commoners of Devonshire and Cornwall, 1549
  • The Council to the Justices of the Peace of Devon, 1549
  • The Council to Lord Russell, 1549
  • "Kett's demands being in rebellion," 1549
  • Nicholas Sotherton, "The commoyson in Norfolk," 1549
  • William Paget to Protector Somerset, 1549
  • Sir Thomas Wyatt's scheme for a local militia, 1549
  • The Tower Chronicle, 1554
  • The Proclamation of the Earls, 1569
  • Sir Ralph Sadler to Sir William Cecil, 1569
  • The examination of the Earl of Northumberland, 1572.