The 1549 Kett's Rebellion
Not Just the Tudors
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🗓️ 11 October 2021
⏱️ 55 minutes
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In 1549, the Tudor establishment was rocked by a series of popular rebellions, born of deep discontent over the enclosure by wealthy landowners of common land, which were essential to ordinary people's livelihoods. In Norfolk, yeoman Robert Kett agreed to the rebels' demands and offered to lead them, storming and taking the city of Norwich - an act which prompted a brutal response from the full military might of the state.
In this episode of Not Just the Tudors, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb talks to Professor Andy Wood about the Norfolk insurrection - known as the Ketts Rebellion - and its long-term significance for the development of English society.
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| 0:31.8 | The rebellions of 1549 were among the largest and most important rebellions of Tudor England. |
| 0:46.9 | Today's guest has called them the last medieval popular rebellions and argues that they |
| 0:52.4 | led to the making of modern England. |
| 0:55.9 | Today we're going to talk about one of those rebellions in particular, the East Angleian |
| 1:00.6 | Rebellion of 1549, which is known as Kets Rebellion after its leader, Robert Ket. |
| 1:07.7 | How did it happen? |
| 1:09.2 | What did the rebels hope to achieve? |
| 1:11.6 | And why was it so brutally repressed? |
| 1:20.3 | My guest today is Professor Andy Wood, who is Professor of Social History at the University |
| 1:25.2 | of Durham. |
| 1:26.2 | Andy held teaching posts at the University of East London, Liverpool and East Anglia before |
| 1:32.0 | joining Durham, as well as a whole clutch of fellowships at various prestigious places. |
| 1:37.7 | He is a prolific author, his fourth book, The Memory of the People, Custom and Popular |
| 1:43.0 | Senses of the Past and Early Modern England, won the American Historical Associations, Leo |
| 1:48.6 | Gershoy Award. |
| 1:50.5 | He's currently writing two more books. |
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