Henry VIII DBQ
Cecilia Mishkevich
Mrs. Leahy
AP Euro Block F
27 October 2014
Henry VIII DBQ Wanting an annulment from Catherine the Great, Henry VIII created the Anglican Church through the Act of Supremacy in 1534. This marked the beginning of the Protestant Reformation in England, and Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII’s head of the King’s Council, instigated a series of governmental policies including new taxes, growth of royal power in the north of England, closure of monasteries, and elimination of Catholic church lands. In response to Cromwell’s doings, marchers staged protests and armed demonstrations that came to be known as the Pilgrimage of Grace. The religious goals of the participants of the Pilgrimage of Grace discussed the issues of Protestantism and the need for Catholicism to be firmly re-established. The participants also had religious and political concerns about the corruption of the church and Parliament’s authority, resulting in political opposition about treason and government from those supporting Henry VIII. The Pilgrimage of Grace was sparked by many measures taken by Cromwell, many of which were religious such as the dissolution of monasteries and confiscation of Catholic lands. Documents 1 and 5 demonstrate examples of the religious goals that participants had in mind, mostly about getting rid of Protestantism. Marchers at York took an Oath of Honorable Men when the pilgrimage first started, and it stated that participants should only join if their interests were in God and if they trusted God completely. They wanted to eliminate the Protestant rulers and re-establish Catholicism to preserve the government (Doc. 1). Selected articles from a petition written by Robert Aske that were presented to members of the King’s Council stated the desire to have Protestant reformers annulled and destroyed, to reform the church, have Cromwell punished, and have Parliament assemble in York. He, among others, was strongly opposed to the ideas of Protestant reformers and
Mrs. Leahy
AP Euro Block F
27 October 2014
Henry VIII DBQ Wanting an annulment from Catherine the Great, Henry VIII created the Anglican Church through the Act of Supremacy in 1534. This marked the beginning of the Protestant Reformation in England, and Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII’s head of the King’s Council, instigated a series of governmental policies including new taxes, growth of royal power in the north of England, closure of monasteries, and elimination of Catholic church lands. In response to Cromwell’s doings, marchers staged protests and armed demonstrations that came to be known as the Pilgrimage of Grace. The religious goals of the participants of the Pilgrimage of Grace discussed the issues of Protestantism and the need for Catholicism to be firmly re-established. The participants also had religious and political concerns about the corruption of the church and Parliament’s authority, resulting in political opposition about treason and government from those supporting Henry VIII. The Pilgrimage of Grace was sparked by many measures taken by Cromwell, many of which were religious such as the dissolution of monasteries and confiscation of Catholic lands. Documents 1 and 5 demonstrate examples of the religious goals that participants had in mind, mostly about getting rid of Protestantism. Marchers at York took an Oath of Honorable Men when the pilgrimage first started, and it stated that participants should only join if their interests were in God and if they trusted God completely. They wanted to eliminate the Protestant rulers and re-establish Catholicism to preserve the government (Doc. 1). Selected articles from a petition written by Robert Aske that were presented to members of the King’s Council stated the desire to have Protestant reformers annulled and destroyed, to reform the church, have Cromwell punished, and have Parliament assemble in York. He, among others, was strongly opposed to the ideas of Protestant reformers and