Causes of the pilgrimage of Grace Flashcards
1
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what were the 4 reasons
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Social
Political
Religious
Economic
2
Q
What were religious reasons
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fear that the attack on old religion would continue and parish churches were next
3
Q
What were political reasons
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Resentment at Cromwell’s interference in local affairs and his attempts to centralise power.
4
Q
What were social reasons
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Anger at the closure of the monasteries resulting in hunger homelessness and no help for the sick
5
Q
What were economic reasons
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- Rents were rising
- Increase in enclosure
- Statue of uses introduced in 1536
- Continuing taxation with the 1534 subsidy act being collected
6
Q
What was the Pilgrimage of Grace
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- A series of rebellions in Yorkshire(under Robert Aske) and Lincolnshire (under Nicholas Melton)
- Minor rebellions in Cumberland and Westmoreland
- Rebels defined themselves as “Christ’s soldiers” aiming to restore Catholicism/”The old religion
- They wished to negotiate not fight
7
Q
Key People in the Pilgrimage of Grace
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Rebels: -Robert led Yorkshire -Nicholas led Lincolnshire -Lord Darcy Henrys' Men: -Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk -Thomas Cromwell, Duke of Norfolk
8
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when did this occur
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1536
