Revolt of the Peasantry 1549

269 Pages·2021·13.889 MB·English

by  Julian Cornwall

ROUTLEDGE LIBRARY EDITIONS:
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Volume 22
REVOLT OF THE PEASANTRY 1549

REVOLT OF THE PEASANTRY 1549
JULIAN CORNWALL
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Revolt
of the
Peasantry 1549
Julian Cornwall
Routledge & Kegan Paul
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First published in 1977
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Cornwall, Julian
Revolt of the peasantry, 1549.
1. Peasant uprisings - England 2. Kett's Rebellion,
1549 3. Great Britain - History - Edward VI,
1547-1553
I Title
942.05 '3 DA345 77-30119
ISBN 0 7100 8676 8
To Margaret

Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1 Agrarian Problems and Others 8
2 A Land Apart 41
3 Protest and Provocation 64
4 Half Measures 83
5 The Siege of Exeter 98
6 War of Words 114
7 The Norfolk Rising 137
8 The Battle of Fenny Bridges 160
9 Fiasco at Norwich 168
10 Clyst St Mary and the Relief of Exeter 176
11 Sampford Courtenay and the Pacification of Cornwall 193
12 Dussindale 207
13 The Reckoning 226
Notes 242
Select Bibliography 244
Index 247