How close did England come to political and social collapse in 1549?

... How close did England come to political and social collapse in 1549? Many traditional historians have long forwarded the theory of a mid-Tudor crisis. The accession of a sickly minor to the turbulent throne of England and the rule of a female monarch afterwards were used as the main evidence to harden their case. Numerous historians have pointed to the two major rebellions of 1549, (Western and Kett's) as being the single-most probable time of social and political collapse during the Tudor dynasty. Revisionist historians however have seen the case for social and political collapse somewhat differently, placating that although the rebellions were indeed serious, they were never quite capable of catalysing the collapse of English socio-political life. Primarily religious grounds caused the Western rebellion. Protestors wanted the return of the Six Articles and were angered at the introduction of Church services in English. There were also economic grounds behind the rebellion

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