Summarise the main religious changes of the years from 1529 to 1540.

The break with Rome and the royal supremacy, the dissolution of the monasteries, attacks on shrines, pilgrimages and saints' days, an English Bible in every parish church, and doctrinal statements that unsettled traditional belief.

Describe Thomas Cromwell's role and explain why he was so hated in the north.

Henry's chief minister and vicegerent in spirituals, of humble origin, who directed the visitation and dissolution of the monasteries and the injunctions on parish religion, and was blamed for advising the king against the old faith.

What symbols and language did the Pilgrims use?

They marched under banners of the Five Wounds of Christ, swore an oath to defend the Church and the king against evil counsellors, and forbade plunder, presenting themselves as pilgrims and not rebels.

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Poverty, Protest and Rebellion in Wales and England c.1485-1603

The Henrician religious changes and the Pilgrimage of Grace

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A2 Unit 3

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Recall questions on the break with Rome and the supremacy, the valuation and dissolution of the monasteries, the northern rising and its grievances, and how the Crown ended it.

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Key term

What did the Pilgrims demand in the Pontefract articles?

Key term

What began the Lincolnshire rising of 1536?

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Who led the Yorkshire rising, and what did he call it?

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1
Summarise the main religious changes of the years from 1529 to 1540.
Model answer
The break with Rome and the royal supremacy, the dissolution of the monasteries, attacks on shrines, pilgrimages and saints' days, an English Bible in every parish church, and doctrinal statements that unsettled traditional belief.
2
Describe Thomas Cromwell's role and explain why he was so hated in the north.
Model answer
Henry's chief minister and vicegerent in spirituals, of humble origin, who directed the visitation and dissolution of the monasteries and the injunctions on parish religion, and was blamed for advising the king against the old faith.
3
What began the Lincolnshire rising of 1536?
Model answer
The arrival of commissioners for the subsidy, for the dissolution of the smaller monasteries and for a church inquiry at the same time, in a county already alarmed by rumours that parish plate and church goods would be seized.
4
Who led the Yorkshire rising, and what did he call it?
Model answer
Robert Aske, a lawyer, who called it a pilgrimage of grace for the commonwealth, insisting it was a devout and loyal protest rather than a rebellion.
5
What symbols and language did the Pilgrims use?
Model answer
They marched under banners of the Five Wounds of Christ, swore an oath to defend the Church and the king against evil counsellors, and forbade plunder, presenting themselves as pilgrims and not rebels.
6
What did the Pilgrims demand in the Pontefract articles?
Model answer
The restoration of the suppressed houses and of papal authority in spiritual matters, the punishment of Cromwell and heretical bishops, a parliament in the north, and redress of grievances over taxation, enclosure and entry fines.

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