Rebellions

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What caused the Earl of Essex to be suspended from the Privy Council and placed under house arrest?
Returning to court without permission in 1599
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What priviledge did Elizabeth I deny the Earl of Essex?
To renew his sweet wine patent
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What does Penry Williams say about the Essex Rebellion?
His supporters "exaggerated Essex's popular support"
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After 6 months in Ireland, what had Essex lost?
£300,000 and 12,000 men
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How much did the war against Ireland cost England?
£2 million
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How many soldiers died in total during the war with Ireland?
30,000
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What did Elizabeth call Essex's behaviour in Ireland?
perilous and contemptible
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When did O'Neill send a peace treaty to Elizabeth?
November 1599
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When did O'Neill surrender?
1603 at the Treaty of Mellifont
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Who describes the Irish Rebellion as the "worst military defeat of Elizabeth's reign"?
David Starkey
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In the 1590s, when were the bad harvests?
1596 and 1597
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When was there an outbreak of plague?
1597
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When was the Oxfordshire rising?
1596
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What did the 1598 Act for the Relief of the Poor do?
It discriminated between the 'deserving poor' and the 'undeserving poor'
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What was the death rate in the mid-1590s, according to Paul Slack?
6%
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Who claims Elizabeth witnessed "turmoil" in the mid-1590s?
John Guy
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What was the total number of rebels in the Revolt of the Northern Earls?
6,000
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What prompted the Revolt of the Northern Earls?
The arrival of Mary Queen of Scots in England in 1568
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When was Norfolk executed?
1572
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Who states that Elizabeth dealt with the Northern rebellion "decisively"?
David Starkey
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Who believes Elizabeth "forced the Earls to choose between flight and rebellion" in 1569?
Christopher Haigh
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Which rebels stated their reason for rebelling was to "prevent us from over-running by strangers"?
The Wyatt rebels
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How many rebels participated in the Wyatt rebellion?
2,500
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Who states that the Wyatt Rebellion was mostly motivated by political reasons, notably to prevent Mary marrying Philip II?
David Loades
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What did the rebels of the Western Rebellion demand?
the restoration of the Henrican Six articles and Mass in Latin
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Who states "to interpret the rebellion as solely religious would be a vast simplification" with regard to the Western Rebellion?
A Fletcher
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Who states that the Western Rebellion was a result of "class antagonism"?
Eamon Duffy
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How many rebels participated in the Kett Rebellion?
15,000
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What did the rebels of the Kett Rebellion object to?
Foldcourse and rising prices
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How large was Warwick's army that he used to suppress the Kett Rebellion?
14,000
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How many Kett rebels did Warwick kill?
3,500
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How many executions does MacCulloch estimate for the Kett Rebellion?
49
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Who describes the Kett Rebellion as an "agrarian rebellion"?
P Zagorin
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Who believes the Kett Rebellion was motivated by a hatred of local government officials and landowners?
Diarmaid MacCulloch
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When was the Peasant's Revolt?
1382
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What did John Guy say about the 1549 rebellions?
"the closest thing Tudor England saw to class warfare"
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What did Stoyle say about the 1549 rebellions?
the rebellions stemmed from grievance that had existed before Edward VI's reign
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What did David Loades say about the 1549 rebellions?
the rebellions were a result of disappointment in the government
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What did M L Bush say about the 1549 rebellions?
the government was not under immediate threat during the rebellions
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After 6 months in Ireland, what had Essex lost?

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