The Pilgrimage of Grace (1536) was primarily a rebellion in response to which of Cromwell's policies?

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The Pilgrimage of Grace (1536) was primarily a rebellion in response to which of Cromwell's policies?

Accepted Answer

The dissolution of the monasteries and religious changes — The Pilgrimage of Grace was the largest popular uprising of Henry VIII's reign, and it was primarily motivated by opposition to the dissolution of the monasteries and the wider Protestant Reformation being driven by Cromwell. While taxation grievances played a minor role, the dominant cause was religious. More and Fisher had been executed in 1535, predating the rebellion but not its primary cause. The Privy Council's reorganisation was not a mass grievance.

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The dissolution of the monasteries and religious changes

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The introduction of a new system of Parliamentary taxation

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The reorganisation of the Privy Council's membership

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The execution of Thomas More and John Fisher

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