The Pilgrimage of Grace of 1536 inspired a propaganda campaign that defined loyalty and obedience to Henry VIII and his Reformation. Most of the writing was commissioned from the court, but independent protestations of loyalty also emerged, including a verse apology, A dyalogue bitwene the playntife and the Defendaunt, produced by William Calverley, a Yorkshire gentleman rebel. Inspired by Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy, Calverley's work documents an individual's psychological journey from rebellion to obedience. In a conversation between an imprisoned rebel and a ghostly voice of reason, the Dyalogue addresses and condemns many of the pilgrim's demands while it reinforces the Tudor doctrine of obedience.
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In publication since 1969, the Sixteenth Century Journal (SCJ) prints twenty to twenty-five articles and over four hundred book reviews a year. The SCJ is dedicated to providing readers with thought-provoking research and inquiry into the sixteenth century broadly defined (i.e., 1450-1648).
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