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Kett's rebellion : the Norfolk rising of 1549

Title: Kett's rebellion : the Norfolk rising of 1549 / Stephen K. Land.
Author: Land, Stephen K.
Publication: Ipswich [England] : Boydell Press ; Totowa, N.J. : Rowman and Littlefield, 1977.

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Description

165 pages : illustrations, maps; 22 cm

Summary

"Kett's Rebellion was a revolt in Norfolk, England during the reign of Edward VI, largely in response to the enclosure of land. It began at Wymondham on 8 July 1549 with a group of rebels destroying fences that had been put up by wealthy landowners. One of their targets was yeoman farmer Robert Kett who, instead of resisting the rebels, agreed to their demands and offered to lead them. Kett and his forces, joined by recruits from Norwich and the surrounding countryside and numbering some 16,000, set up camp on Mousehold Heath to the north-east of the city on 12 July. The rebels stormed Norwich on 21 July and on 1 August defeated a force led by the Marquess of Northampton that had been sent by the government to suppress the uprising. Kett's rebellion ended on 27 August when the rebels were defeated by an army under the leadership of the Earl of Warwick at the Battle of Dussindale. Kett was captured, held in the Tower of London, tried for treason, and hanged from Norwich Castle on 7 December 1549"--Wikipedia.

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Note

Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

Bibliography: p. 152-153.

Contents

Index.

ISBN

087471995X
9780874719956
0851150845
9780851150840
0851180845
9780851180847
0851180841

LCCN

78307172

OCLC

ocm03753328
3753328
SCSB-203442

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Princeton University Library