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Grand Remonstrance

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Grand Remonstrance
n
(Historical Terms)
the English history the document prepared by the Long Parliament in 1640 listing the evils of the king's government, the abuses already rectified, and the reforms Parliament advocated
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The Pilgrimage of Grace, in the words of Professor John Scarisbrick, "must stand as a large-scale, spontaneous, authentic indictment of all that Henry most obviously stood for, and it passed judgement against him as surely and comprehensively as Magna Carta condemned King John or the Grand Remonstrance the government of Charles I.
Henry VIII and the Pilgrimage of Grace (1537) by Loughran, Hugh / Catholic Insight
Billed as "an experiment in reading" (224), Strier's contribution offers a reading of the Root and Branch Petition and the Grand Remonstrance as "texts rather than documents" in which he plans to "attempt to re-create .
The Theatrical City: Culture, Theatre, and Politics in London, ... by Cavanaugh, Sheila T. / Shakespeare Studies
 
 
 
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