Pilgrimage of Grace Flashcards
Which historian proposed the court conspiracy thesis?
Elton - argued that the Pilgrimage of Grace was predominantly caused by the efforts of a court faction (not convincing when we look at how many common people were involved)
Which historian proposed the popular rebellion thesis?
Dodds - it was ‘a truly popular movement’, started by the common people and joined by the elite
What did historian M.E. James say about the Pilgrimage of Grace?
The unrest was the result of popular grievances, but it was a movement which united all members of society, with the common people being religiously motivated and the elite being politically motivated.
M.E. James quote on Pilgrimage of Grace?
‘All sectors of Lincolnshire society rose together.’
Examples of religious houses restored by the rebels?
Cartmel, Conishead and Sawley - as many as 16 of the 55 that had been dissolved by this point.
Which circulated rumour may have motivated the rebellion?
Cromwell was going to remove all churches and leave one every 5 miles.
Which late 20th century historians argued that the PoG was a religious uprising?
Haigh, C.S.L. Davies and Scarisbrick
What does the banner of the PoG reveal about the nature of the rebellion?
Religious imagery (e.g. 5 wounds of Christ) reveal the religious motivations behind the uprising.
What leader Robert Aske consider to be the ‘mainstay’ of the rebellion?
Religion
Quote from the oath that suggests that the rebels did not intend to overthrow the king (making it less serious)?
Talk of the ‘preservation of the King’s person’
Quote from the oath that suggests highly religious motivations?
‘Take afore you the Cross of Christ and in your hearts His faith’
Social motivations behind the PoG?
The dissolution of the monasteries had destroyed the main source of healthcare, education and welfare support in many communities.
Poor harvests in 1535/6 had hit peasants hard.
Commoners were upset at the destruction of their traditional holidays e.g. Feast of Corpus Christi
Evidence that the dissolution affected local communities?
Over 100 small religious houses in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire had been shut, getting rid of the communities’ main source of education and healthcare.
Examples of socio-economic grievances in the 24 Articles?
Social - e.g. Article 13 called for all enclosures put up since 1489 to be pulled down
Economic - e.g. Article 9 complaining about high rates of rent
Examples of political grievances in the 24 Articles?
Called for Cromwell, Layton and Legh to have ‘condign punishment’.