This book, first published in 1977, looks at the two peasant
revolts that occurred in 1549, in the troubled period following the
death of Henry VIII. The uprisings reveal a harsh background of
economic and social injustice, intensified at the time by
inflation. Peasants in North Devon rose against the imposition of
the English Prayer Book, and with the local authorities paralysed
and the government wavering between conciliation and repression, a
general rebellion broke out. Reinforced by Cornishmen, rallying to
the defence of their national identity, the peasants assembled a
formidable army and laid siege to Exeter itself. Only after three
major battles was the revolt suppressed. The Norfolk peasants rose
against agrarian abuses, routing a small royal force and occupying
Norwich. Ably led by Robert Kett, they expelled the gentry and
governed the county on a programme of social justice until they
were crushed by the forces released by the collapse of the other
risings. These revolts display the deep-seated resentments and
injustices felt by the peasantry of the sixteenth century.
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