Ap Euro Pilgrimage of Age Dbq

The   Protestant Reformation began with passing of the Supremacy Act in 1543, which made Henry VIII the head of the Anglican church.   King Henry’s chief minister, Thomas Cromwell than passed many policies that favored himself and the king.   In response to this, outraged Catholics began to protest against the actions of Cromwell and King Henry VIII in what is known as the Pilgrimage of Grace. The Pilgrimage lasted only one year (1536-1537) , and the participants in it protested and demonstrated their side of the issue. The participants   in the Pilgrimage of Grace didn’t want Protestants to have power and were very against the Protestant King Henry and Thomas Cromwell. The goals of the Pilgrimage of Grace was to stop the Protestant Reformation and give more rights back to the Catholics. The participants wanted what was taken away from them such as the power of Catholic Church in England. In addition to the religious concerns, the followers of the Pilgrimage also had concerns over   Cromwell, political rights and the decline of monasteries. Unfortunately for them, the Protestant Reformation was just too strong, and these goals were not reached.
The “Oath of Honorable Men”   taken by marchers shows that people participated in the Pilgrimage of Grace only for their “love of   God, for the Holy Catholic Church militant, for the preservation of the King and his heirs, for the purification of the nobility, and to expel all evil counselors. (Doc. 1). The members only do this for their love for god, and not for their own gain. The marchers had “to rely on charity, faith, poverty and pity” and “help one another” (Doc. 2).   The main goal of the Pilgrimage of Grace was to restore their country to what it was before Oliver Cromwell implemented the policies. In December 1536, in a petition written by Robert Aske presented the King’s Council, the marchers of the Pilgrimage of Grace asked for a long list of things, including the Supreme head of the Church to be the pope and Oliver...