Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Causes of the Pilgrimage
of Grace
- Opposition to
Cromwell's policies
- The North saw itself as
under attack from the
Crown
- Cromwell was blamed
- Food shortages and
agrarian issues
- There had been poor
harvests in 1585 and 1536
- Many other agrarian issues
motivated the rebels
- renewal of tenancies
- rack-renting
- enclosure
- Taxation
- Opposition to taxation was a
constant theme in the
rebel's articles
- There was particular hostility
towards the 1534 Subsidy Act
- Also The Statue of Uses
- Defense of the faith
- The rebels cultivated a
religious resonance that
helped justify its actions
- The rebels demanded a 'rooting out'
of heresy
- wanted to renounce the
Act of Supremacy
- called for an end to the draining of
churches' wealth
- Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Aske said this was his 'greatest role'
- Dissolution caused spiritual and
economic hardships
- Monasteries played an
important role in the
everyday life in the north
- Aristocratic feud
- Some historians argue the uprising was an
orchestrated attempt by the nobility to
increase their power