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To: Vanders9; AnAmericanMother

‘as evidence for that - Yes people were upset by the dissolution, but they weren’t so upset they were prepared to challenge it violently’

For your edification: the ‘Pilgrimage of Grace’
Wiki—The reforms, which closed down monasteries that were the only support of the impoverished,[18] alienated most of the population outside of London and helped provoke the great northern rising of 1536–1537, known as the Pilgrimage of Grace.[19] It was the only real threat to Henry’s security on the throne in all his reign. Some 30,000 rebels in nine groups were led by the charismatic Robert Aske, together with most of the northern nobility. Aske went to London to negotiate terms; once there he was arrested, charged with treason and executed. About 200 rebels were executed and the disturbances ended.


186 posted on 02/03/2011 6:18:42 PM PST by Lucius Cornelius Sulla ('“Our own government has become our enemy' - Sheriff Paul Babeu)
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla

That wasn’t a rebellion. It was little more than a badly organised riot. As it says, the ONLY real threat to Henry’s security on the throne (although I’m not so sure about that - I seem to recall the French sent an armada to coerce the country back to Catholicism).


188 posted on 02/04/2011 12:29:47 AM PST by Vanders9
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