Information
Name: Prayer Book Rebellion
Type: Event
Start: 1549
End: 1549
Parents: European wars of religion
Prayer Book Rebellion: All Data
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6 June 1549 - 17 August 1549: a popular revolt in Devon and Cornwall in 1549. In that year, the Book of Common Prayer, presenting the theology of the English Reformation, was introduced. The change was widely unpopular - particularly in areas of still firmly Catholic religious loyalty.