Rebellions and Uprising in the age of the Tudors

Module overview

The aims of this module are to introduce you to the turbulent sequence of rebellions which took place during the Tudor period, to encourage you to ponder on the causes and consequences of those uprisings, and to help you to understand why previous historians have written about them in the way that they have.

Aims and Objectives

Learning Outcomes

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

Demonstrate problem-solving skills.
Write fluently and effectively, preparing assessed work independently.
Find, assimilate and analyse diverse and complex information.

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

Demonstrate theoretical and methodological skills when considering the rebellions which took place under the Tudor monarchs
Describe and assess the various rebellions which took place in Tudor England.
Reflect on the place of controversy in historical studies.

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

The links which existed between taxation, religion , national and regional identities and rebellion.
The sequence of rebellions which took place under the Tudor monarchs.
The reasons why so many of the rebellions were suppressed.

Learning and Teaching

Teaching and learning methods

Teaching methods include • Lectures. • Seminars. Learning activities include • Intensive reading, guided by annotated reading lists, by the lectures and by your own active participation in seminars. Studying individual sources.

Study time
Type	Hours
Independent Study	126
Teaching	24
Total study time	150

Resources & Reading list

Journal Articles

P. Williams. Rebellion and Revolution in Early Modern England. War and Society: Essays in Honour of John Western.

Textbooks

A. Fletcher and J. Stevenson (1987). Order and Disorder in Early Modern England. Cambridge.

A. Fletcher and D. MacCulloch (2009). Tudor Rebellions.

M. Stoyle (2002). West Britons: Cornish Identities and the Early Modern State. Exeter.

R.B. Manning (1987). Village Revolts: Social Protest and Popular Disturbances in England, 1509-1640. Oxford.

P. Williams (1979). The Tudor Regime. Oxford.

P. Slack, (ed.) (1984). Rebellion, Popular Protest and the Social Order in Early Modern England. Cambridge.

A. Wall (2000). Power and Protest in England, 1525-1640 (especially chapters 9-10). London.

A. Wood (2002). Riot, Rebellion and Popular Politics in Early Modern England pp. 1-89. Basingstoke.

Assessment

Assessment strategy

Assessments designed to provide informal, on-module feedback You will be given informal feedback on your oral contributions and essay planning during the course of the module. In this option module, you will be assessed informally on oral and group skills. Formal assessment of these skills will be carried out in the core modules.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Breakdown
Method	Percentage contribution
Written assignment	40%
Written assignment	60%

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Breakdown
Method	Percentage contribution
Resubmit assessments	100%

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.

Breakdown
Method	Percentage contribution
Written assignment	60%
Written assignment	40%

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External