The Pilgrimage of Grace; The Rebellion That Shook Henry VIII's Throne

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9780297643937
• ISBN10: 0297643932
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2002-08-01
• Publisher: Orion Pub Co

Summary

Protesting the king's betrayal of the "old" religion, his new taxes, and his threat to the rights of landowners, the poor and the powerful united against Henry VII, raising an army of 40,000. Under the influence of the charismatic, heroic figure of Robert Aske, most of the Northern nobility joined the rebellion and gathered for battle at Doncaster where they would have outnumbered the king's soldiers by 4 to 1. But Aske was persuaded by the king's men to abandon military force and negotiate terms in London. Once there he was arrested, charged with treason and hanged in chains.

Table of Contents

Illustrations and Maps	viii
Foreword	xi
Principal Characters	xvi
I Prologue	1	(3)
II A Turning Point	4	(11)
III Defender of the Faith	15	(23)
IV The Lincolnshire Rising	38	(25)
V The Man with One Eye	63	(20)
VI The Rebel Armies	83	(23)
VII Victories and Surrenders	106	(19)
VIII To March on London	125	(14)
IX A Battle Waiting to be Won	139	(18)
X Back from the Brink	157	(17)
XI The King's Great Bluff	174	(16)
XII To Doncaster Bridge ...	190	(22)
XIII A Smouldering Fire	212	(21)
XIV The Fatal Division	233	(23)
XV The Return of the Duke	256	(22)
XVI The Reckoning	278	(28)
XVII The Aftermath	306	(19)
XVIII Postscript	325	(6)
Bibliography	331	(6)
Source Notes	337	(10)
Index	347