Pilgrims Of Grace

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The Pilgrimage of Grace was a rebellion against King Hennery VIII and his new Anglican Church. The people rebelled because they did not think the king made his religion for religious reasons, they wanted to keep their old Catholic ways, the poor liked their old economic situations, and they thought that religion would unite them with they enemies like the Scottish. The people did not want to change their old religion and they did not think the king was changing for religious reasons. They believed that the king wanted a divorce form his wife and wanted the land for himself. They also thought that this would unite them with Scotland because the king and his armies were not protecting England form them. The poor people wanted to keep the monasteries open because they got money form them. The rebels wanted to protest the king and did so by destroying his kingdom.
The people believed the king wanted to rebel for many reasons. They believed that the king wanted the land of the monasteries for his own personal gain (1). They did not think the king wanted to reform for religious reasons. The king believed that God did not know all and that his word should be above God’s. He thought that the nation should not split under God but follow in his ways (7,9). The people of the nobility also did not think the king was right in his decision. The gentlemen of Lincoln (8) warned the commoners that what they were doing was treason but they did not stop the rebellion nor did they report it.
The people did not want to change their religion and like Catholicism as it was. They believed that Jesus died for them and that they should defend God’s name (3). They believed that they had to take back the religion and decided to rebel. They believed in the teachings of the church and did not think that the king had any religious power. They joined to defend the church in time of need and defend the word of God (4). ...