The event described as the most formidable opposition to the Reformation that England saw, in which the people of the West Country, oppressed by years of injustice and increasing poverty, rose in revolt rather than accept the Reformed Prayer Book and changes in religious practice being forced upon them. The Western rebellion of 1549 against Edward VI (Henry VIII's son) - the focus of the revolt was the people's refusal to accept the Reformed Prayer Book and the changes in religious practice being forced upon them. Sturt examines the underlying causes and the effects of the revolt analysing the insurrection, the Siege of Exeter and the bloody revenge.iv + 108pp, 12 ills, map.
