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OCR History, Synoptic Paper - Tudor Rebellions
so the paper is on monday. does anyone have an essay writing tips for this paper, particularly if you are doing Tudor rebellions? i'm finding i can reel off facts about all the rebellions easily, but putting them into a decent essay is tricky. (bearing in mind i need a mid-B for an overall A)
thanks in advance
thanks in advance
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Reply 1
Isn't this paper on Friday 23rd?!
Reply 2
ntf
OP
yup, sure is. my mistake 
any tips though?
any tips though?
Reply 3
Well it depends on the questions of course, but i mean if you get say a causes essay, then just go through all the rebellions arguing on one side or another whether they agree or disagree with the question...you really don't need tonnes of detail, you just have to argue and therefore relate the rebellions to the question
Reply 4
Does anyone have the past questions for this paper for June 2005 and/or January 2006?
I know I'm not supposed to post requests for past papers/questions in this forum as such, but not many people do this paper!
(Rep will of course be rewarded as an incentive!
)
I know I'm not supposed to post requests for past papers/questions in this forum as such, but not many people do this paper!
(Rep will of course be rewarded as an incentive!
)Reply 5
I'm also very scared about this exam, needing exactly the same. probs best to try and mention as many rebellions as possible whilst being revlevant to the question. is it just one essay question or two?
Reply 6
Jessica-annie
I'm also very scared about this exam, needing exactly the same. probs best to try and mention as many rebellions as possible whilst being revlevant to the question. is it just one essay question or two?
It's two essays out of a choice of three
Again, if anyone has June 05 or Jan 06 questions, that would be fantastic...thanks!
Reply 7
ntf
OP
i have some questions (From like....last....4 years?) that may help. they'll be on here later if you like? they arent dated (because our teacher is very pompous and has some 'beliefs') but they should help!
anyone hoping for any particular topic? i'm praying something about one cause being more dangerous and local control, or even "how effectivly did tudor governments deal with the problem of rebellion?"
anyone hoping for any particular topic? i'm praying something about one cause being more dangerous and local control, or even "how effectivly did tudor governments deal with the problem of rebellion?"
Reply 8
nik87
i have some questions (From like....last....4 years?) that may help. they'll be on here later if you like? they arent dated (because our teacher is very pompous and has some 'beliefs') but they should help!
anyone hoping for any particular topic? i'm praying something about one cause being more dangerous and local control, or even "how effectivly did tudor governments deal with the problem of rebellion?"
anyone hoping for any particular topic? i'm praying something about one cause being more dangerous and local control, or even "how effectivly did tudor governments deal with the problem of rebellion?"
nik87 - that would be great, thank you! I've got most of the questions, but not the ones that have most recently come up, so I'd really appreciate it
I'm hoping for one cause being more dangerous too *prays*
Reply 9
Yeah, I'm hoping for one cause being more important than others, probably the easiest by far!!
If people could post up any questions on here, that would be really useful, our teacher hasn't provided us with many
If people could post up any questions on here, that would be really useful, our teacher hasn't provided us with many
Reply 10
ntf
OP
Why were some rebellions more troublesome than others?
Why so few disturbances in elizabethan england compared to 1481-1558?
What extent political stability depend on crown maintaing popular support?
What extent Tudor gov't seriously threatened by rebellions?
Religious grievances main cause of popular disturbance in Tudor england?
Assess contribution of nobility to maintaining order and stability
What extent did rebellions have similar causes?
Why tudor authorities so concerned about popular rebellion?
England more politically stable during 1485-1603?
Why did rebellions fail to achieve their principal aims?
What extent some rebellions more disorderly than others?
How far was rebellion caused by political grievances?
phew. they are obviously paraphrased but hope they help!
Why so few disturbances in elizabethan england compared to 1481-1558?
What extent political stability depend on crown maintaing popular support?
What extent Tudor gov't seriously threatened by rebellions?
Religious grievances main cause of popular disturbance in Tudor england?
Assess contribution of nobility to maintaining order and stability
What extent did rebellions have similar causes?
Why tudor authorities so concerned about popular rebellion?
England more politically stable during 1485-1603?
Why did rebellions fail to achieve their principal aims?
What extent some rebellions more disorderly than others?
How far was rebellion caused by political grievances?
phew. they are obviously paraphrased but hope they help!
Reply 11
Woooo you're a complete star!! Are you feeling confident about the exam? I'm a bit ambivalent tbh, but ah well at least all my exams will be over. An A would be pretty handy though. Today I've been going through the causes mainly.
Reply 12
ntf
OP
well now i can go through every rebellion and list causes, leaders, how it was put down etc. so its just working it into essay form thats bothering me. i find that really tough for this part of the course. any tips on working in synopticity, or indeed, what that actually means with this course?! (geog was so much clearer!)
i'm hoping for a high B to get my overall A, should just do it i think, depending on the questions...
i'm hoping for a high B to get my overall A, should just do it i think, depending on the questions...
Reply 13
Yeah, knowledge wise I think I'm just about there once I've gone through a few more details. How much detail do you know each rebellion in?
For synopticity, they want to see you have a knowledge of the whole Long Tudor Century, so that means putting in things like the number of rebellions, the length of time the dynasty was around, number of monarchs, number of rebellions faced by each monarch etc... In my essays I tend to just start with the Long Tudor Century lasted for 118 years.....blah blah then just go through those facts, as sort of an intro. This be what we're told to do anyway
Hope that helps
For synopticity, they want to see you have a knowledge of the whole Long Tudor Century, so that means putting in things like the number of rebellions, the length of time the dynasty was around, number of monarchs, number of rebellions faced by each monarch etc... In my essays I tend to just start with the Long Tudor Century lasted for 118 years.....blah blah then just go through those facts, as sort of an intro. This be what we're told to do anyway
Hope that helps
Reply 14
ntf
OP
my individual rebellion knowledge is good, except for the amicable grant! as i said, its just the damn structure!! haha!
Reply 15
you want to keep it simple, and make it OBVIOUS to the examiner and his mark scheme.
our history teacher is also an examiner, and said that you absoloutely HAVETO indicate the changes and continuities in the causes/reasons for/concequences etc. (whatever the question asks for) of rebellion. he also said that althought traditionally, structuring a history essay chronologically is bad technique, it is accepted in this paper, as you can organise the causes of rebellion into 'timeblocks' of Dynastic (i.e. Simnel), Religious (i.e. P.O.G), Policy based (i.e. Amicable Grant) and Factional
Hope this helps!
our history teacher is also an examiner, and said that you absoloutely HAVETO indicate the changes and continuities in the causes/reasons for/concequences etc. (whatever the question asks for) of rebellion. he also said that althought traditionally, structuring a history essay chronologically is bad technique, it is accepted in this paper, as you can organise the causes of rebellion into 'timeblocks' of Dynastic (i.e. Simnel), Religious (i.e. P.O.G), Policy based (i.e. Amicable Grant) and Factional
Hope this helps!
Reply 16
In case it helps ...
We're always taught to mention the 3 Ps in every paragraph at the start of them, and possibly in the introduction if it's relevant, obviously don't repeat the same details.
The 3 Ps:
People
Places
Periods of time
So ... for example, if we took religious changes as a cause of rebellion:
Affected Catholics, all members of society but particularly the clergy and the Holy Orders
Particularly in the North and West
Was only a cause of rebellion after the turning point of the Reformation in 1534, until 1559 with Elizabeth I's tolerant Act of the Settlement of Religion. Within that time, only Pilgrimage of Grace and Western Rebellion, possibly include Lady Jane Gray although that had more political motives I think. You would then say that after 1559 the Northern Earls did purport to have some religious causes, held mass in Durham Cathedral etc, but this was mostly to gain extra support (9/10ths of the support that they already had being paid, according to Fletcher). Their real motives were political, to regain lost personal political power, and so religious changes were only an important cause of rebellion from 1536 (P.O.G.) to 1559.
We're always taught to mention the 3 Ps in every paragraph at the start of them, and possibly in the introduction if it's relevant, obviously don't repeat the same details.
The 3 Ps:
People
Places
Periods of time
So ... for example, if we took religious changes as a cause of rebellion:
Affected Catholics, all members of society but particularly the clergy and the Holy Orders
Particularly in the North and West
Was only a cause of rebellion after the turning point of the Reformation in 1534, until 1559 with Elizabeth I's tolerant Act of the Settlement of Religion. Within that time, only Pilgrimage of Grace and Western Rebellion, possibly include Lady Jane Gray although that had more political motives I think. You would then say that after 1559 the Northern Earls did purport to have some religious causes, held mass in Durham Cathedral etc, but this was mostly to gain extra support (9/10ths of the support that they already had being paid, according to Fletcher). Their real motives were political, to regain lost personal political power, and so religious changes were only an important cause of rebellion from 1536 (P.O.G.) to 1559.
Reply 17
I'm stuck on questions which centre on why rebellions failed..
How would you structure this question?
"How far did ineffective leadership explain the failure of Tudor Rebellions?"
I'm guessing your intro would argue that ineffective leadership only featured in a couple of rebellions and even when there was effective leadership (Wyatt) rebellion could still fail. Not all rebellions failed - some were entirely successful whilst others were partially so. Those that did fail largely depended on the rebellions aims and was not a result of leadership.
But then how would you structure it? I really can't get my head round it so any help would be awesome..
Also I guess that: "Assess why Tudor governments were never seriously threatened by rebellions." is the same kind of topic. Anyone have any advice on this?
How would you structure this question?
"How far did ineffective leadership explain the failure of Tudor Rebellions?"
I'm guessing your intro would argue that ineffective leadership only featured in a couple of rebellions and even when there was effective leadership (Wyatt) rebellion could still fail. Not all rebellions failed - some were entirely successful whilst others were partially so. Those that did fail largely depended on the rebellions aims and was not a result of leadership.
But then how would you structure it? I really can't get my head round it so any help would be awesome..
Also I guess that: "Assess why Tudor governments were never seriously threatened by rebellions." is the same kind of topic. Anyone have any advice on this?
Reply 18
i did the leadership one a while ago timed...
i mentioned in my intro the importance of strong leadership - how it can have a knock on effect on other factors which can effect the failure of rebellion (e.g. level of support).
then i gave examples of when ineffective leadership had caused failure...
- when the rebellion is very personal - e.g. Essex, and he can't get any more support.
- when the leaders are really just figureheads - can't rally support - Simnel/Warbeck
- when the leaders lacked ruthlessness - Wyatt for example faltered outside London, when he had a very real strong attacking point.
but then when this wasn't the case...
- when there was effective leadership, but the rebellion still failed. e.g. the Pilgrimage of Grace - Aske = strong and capable leader, good propagandist (gave title of rebellion, created oath etc.)
and then when the rebellion had no or little leadership but was succesful.
- Amicable Grant really the only succesful Tudor rebellion. had no strong leadership, people just led by their shared desperation. but forced repealling of tax.
and then in conclusion, that leadership was an important factor in the failure/success of rebellion, but by no means the most important.
hope this is some kind of use??
i'm realy stuck on the questions about how and why the frequency of rebellions changed.
things like - "How far did England become more politically stable during the period 1485-1603?", and "Why were there so few disturbances in Elizabethan England compared with the period 1485-1558?"
i mean obviously, there are relativelyy fewer rebellions later on in Elizabeth's reign, but i'm not sure why/how... any thoughts??
i mentioned in my intro the importance of strong leadership - how it can have a knock on effect on other factors which can effect the failure of rebellion (e.g. level of support).
then i gave examples of when ineffective leadership had caused failure...
- when the rebellion is very personal - e.g. Essex, and he can't get any more support.
- when the leaders are really just figureheads - can't rally support - Simnel/Warbeck
- when the leaders lacked ruthlessness - Wyatt for example faltered outside London, when he had a very real strong attacking point.
but then when this wasn't the case...
- when there was effective leadership, but the rebellion still failed. e.g. the Pilgrimage of Grace - Aske = strong and capable leader, good propagandist (gave title of rebellion, created oath etc.)
and then when the rebellion had no or little leadership but was succesful.
- Amicable Grant really the only succesful Tudor rebellion. had no strong leadership, people just led by their shared desperation. but forced repealling of tax.
and then in conclusion, that leadership was an important factor in the failure/success of rebellion, but by no means the most important.
hope this is some kind of use??
i'm realy stuck on the questions about how and why the frequency of rebellions changed.
things like - "How far did England become more politically stable during the period 1485-1603?", and "Why were there so few disturbances in Elizabethan England compared with the period 1485-1558?"
i mean obviously, there are relativelyy fewer rebellions later on in Elizabeth's reign, but i'm not sure why/how... any thoughts??
Reply 19
Blonde-but-not-bimbo
In case it helps ...
We're always taught to mention the 3 Ps in every paragraph at the start of them, and possibly in the introduction if it's relevant, obviously don't repeat the same details.
The 3 Ps:
People
Places
Periods of time
So ... for example, if we took religious changes as a cause of rebellion:
Affected Catholics, all members of society but particularly the clergy and the Holy Orders
Particularly in the North and West
Was only a cause of rebellion after the turning point of the Reformation in 1534, until 1559 with Elizabeth I's tolerant Act of the Settlement of Religion. Within that time, only Pilgrimage of Grace and Western Rebellion, possibly include Lady Jane Gray although that had more political motives I think. You would then say that after 1559 the Northern Earls did purport to have some religious causes, held mass in Durham Cathedral etc, but this was mostly to gain extra support (9/10ths of the support that they already had being paid, according to Fletcher). Their real motives were political, to regain lost personal political power, and so religious changes were only an important cause of rebellion from 1536 (P.O.G.) to 1559.
We're always taught to mention the 3 Ps in every paragraph at the start of them, and possibly in the introduction if it's relevant, obviously don't repeat the same details.
The 3 Ps:
People
Places
Periods of time
So ... for example, if we took religious changes as a cause of rebellion:
Affected Catholics, all members of society but particularly the clergy and the Holy Orders
Particularly in the North and West
Was only a cause of rebellion after the turning point of the Reformation in 1534, until 1559 with Elizabeth I's tolerant Act of the Settlement of Religion. Within that time, only Pilgrimage of Grace and Western Rebellion, possibly include Lady Jane Gray although that had more political motives I think. You would then say that after 1559 the Northern Earls did purport to have some religious causes, held mass in Durham Cathedral etc, but this was mostly to gain extra support (9/10ths of the support that they already had being paid, according to Fletcher). Their real motives were political, to regain lost personal political power, and so religious changes were only an important cause of rebellion from 1536 (P.O.G.) to 1559.
Two years too late...
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