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Uprisings Against Elizabeth I

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The Northern Rebellion

Two northern noblemen, the Earl of Westmorland and the Earl of Northumberland, led a rebellion against Elizabeth.

Causes of rebellion

Causes of rebellion

Elizabeth I refused to let the Duke of Norfolk marry her Catholic cousin, Mary Queen of Scots.
- Many nobles in the north of England were Catholics and were hostile to the Protestants from the South who controlled many of affairs in the north.
Two northern noblemen, the Earl of Westmorland and the Earl of Northumberland, led a rebellion against Elizabeth.

Course of rebellion

Course of rebellion

Elizabeth I had confiscated a lot of land from the Earl of Northumberland. She had then given this land to his principal rival in the north and a Protestant nobleman from the south.
In November 1569, the two Earls held an illegal Catholic mass in Durham Cathedral. 4,600 men marched with them as they headed south.
- The loyalist Earl of Sussex raised troops against them and they dispersed.

Consequence of rebellion

Consequence of rebellion

Elizabeth I executed Northumberland and Westmorland escaped to France. The Duke of Norfolk was imprisoned.
The plot had tried to maintain the northern nobles’ independence. In fact, it led to increased repression and government control in the region.
Henry Hastings, a Puritan, was installed as leader of the Council of the North (which helped to govern the region).

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Monarch & Government

1.1

Tudor Monarchs

1.1.1Henry VII 1.1.2Henry VIII 1.1.3Edward VI 1.1.4Mary I 1.1.5Elizabeth I 1.1.6Succession Disputes

1.2

Changing Role of Parliament

1.2.1Parliament & Henry VII 1.2.2Parliament & Henry VIII 1.2.3Parliament After the Reformation

1.3

Principal Servants to the Crown

1.3.1Principal Servants to the Crown

2

Religious Changes

2.1

Tudor Monarchs & Religious Change

2.1.1The Henrician Reformation 2.1.2Impact of Religious Change Under Henry VIII 2.1.3Religious Change Under Edward VI 2.1.4Religious Change Under Mary I 2.1.5Elizabethan Settlement

2.2

Catholicism & Survival

2.2.1Popular Attitudes to Catholicism 2.2.2Catholicism Under Henry VIII 2.2.3Catholicism Under Elizabeth I 2.2.4Catholic Nobility

2.3

Protestantism & Puritanism

2.3.1Protestant Influences 2.3.2Protestantism Under Edward VI 2.3.3Protestantism Under Elizabeth I

3

State Control & Popular Resistance

3.1

Tudor Control of the Country

3.1.1Councils 3.1.2Role of Nobility 3.1.3Justices of the Peace 3.1.4Lord Lieutenant

3.2

The State & the Poor

3.2.1Reasons for Growth of Poverty 3.2.2Punishments for Paupers 3.2.3Role of Charities

3.3

Resistance to Tudor Rule

3.3.1Resistance to Tax & Subsidies 3.3.2Uprisings Against Henry VIII 3.3.3Uprisings Against Edward VI 3.3.4Uprisings Against Elizabeth I 3.3.5Decline of Popular Resistance

4

Economic, Social & Cultural Change

4.1

Patterns of Domestic & Foreign Trade

4.1.1Wool & Cloth 4.1.2Exploration & Trade

4.2

Changing Structure of Society

4.2.1Population 4.2.2Dissolution of Monasteries 4.2.3Enclosure

4.3

Cultural Change

4.3.1Education & Literature 4.3.2Impact of Religious Change 4.3.3Patronage 4.3.4The Arts 4.3.5Cult of Gloriana

5

Historical Interpretations

5.1

Significance of Threats to National Security

5.1.1Spain 5.1.2The Spanish Armada 5.1.3Ireland

5.2

Court Politics

5.2.1Court Factions 5.2.2Essex's Rebellion

5.3

Elizabeth & Parliament

5.3.1Conflict with Parliament

5.4

Social Distress in the 1590s

5.4.1Social Distress in the 1590s

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1

Monarch & Government

1.1

Tudor Monarchs

1.1.1Henry VII 1.1.2Henry VIII 1.1.3Edward VI 1.1.4Mary I 1.1.5Elizabeth I 1.1.6Succession Disputes

1.2

Changing Role of Parliament

1.2.1Parliament & Henry VII 1.2.2Parliament & Henry VIII 1.2.3Parliament After the Reformation

1.3

Principal Servants to the Crown

1.3.1Principal Servants to the Crown

2

Religious Changes

2.1

Tudor Monarchs & Religious Change

2.1.1The Henrician Reformation 2.1.2Impact of Religious Change Under Henry VIII 2.1.3Religious Change Under Edward VI 2.1.4Religious Change Under Mary I 2.1.5Elizabethan Settlement

2.2

Catholicism & Survival

2.2.1Popular Attitudes to Catholicism 2.2.2Catholicism Under Henry VIII 2.2.3Catholicism Under Elizabeth I 2.2.4Catholic Nobility

2.3

Protestantism & Puritanism

2.3.1Protestant Influences 2.3.2Protestantism Under Edward VI 2.3.3Protestantism Under Elizabeth I

3

State Control & Popular Resistance

3.1

Tudor Control of the Country

3.1.1Councils 3.1.2Role of Nobility 3.1.3Justices of the Peace 3.1.4Lord Lieutenant

3.2

The State & the Poor

3.2.1Reasons for Growth of Poverty 3.2.2Punishments for Paupers 3.2.3Role of Charities

3.3

Resistance to Tudor Rule

3.3.1Resistance to Tax & Subsidies 3.3.2Uprisings Against Henry VIII 3.3.3Uprisings Against Edward VI 3.3.4Uprisings Against Elizabeth I 3.3.5Decline of Popular Resistance

4

Economic, Social & Cultural Change

4.1

Patterns of Domestic & Foreign Trade

4.1.1Wool & Cloth 4.1.2Exploration & Trade

4.2

Changing Structure of Society

4.2.1Population 4.2.2Dissolution of Monasteries 4.2.3Enclosure

4.3

Cultural Change

4.3.1Education & Literature 4.3.2Impact of Religious Change 4.3.3Patronage 4.3.4The Arts 4.3.5Cult of Gloriana

5

Historical Interpretations

5.1

Significance of Threats to National Security

5.1.1Spain 5.1.2The Spanish Armada 5.1.3Ireland

5.2

Court Politics

5.2.1Court Factions 5.2.2Essex's Rebellion

5.3

Elizabeth & Parliament

5.3.1Conflict with Parliament

5.4

Social Distress in the 1590s

5.4.1Social Distress in the 1590s

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