Dissolution of the Monasteries
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- Dissolution of the monasteries
- Causes
- Henry realised that there was an opportunity to gain financially through the confiscating and selling of monastic property.
- Henry needed money to maintain his lavish lifestyle.
- The monasteries remained a stronghold of Papal power in England.
- Henry wanted to assert himself as Supreme Head of the Church.
- The invention of the printing press meant that scribes were no longer needed.
- Henry realised that there was an opportunity to gain financially through the confiscating and selling of monastic property.
- Events
- The Valor Ecclesiasticus was compiled during 1535, reviewing the conditions and practices of the monasteries.
- In 1536 the findings of the Valor Ecclesiasticus were presented to Parliament.
- In 1536 the Dissolution Act was passed, allowing the Dissolution of smaller monasteries.
- In 1539 the dissolution of the larger monasteries begun.
- Consequences
- Pilgrimage of Grace, 1536.
- For many, the monasteries had provided food, shelter and clothes. Therefore, their dissolution changed the normal way of life.
- First unintentional steps towards Protestantism
- The dismantling of the Catholic Church in England had begun.
- The wealth of the Crown increased.
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