How did the closure of the monasteries take place?
In two phases:
Smaller monasteries closed in 1536
Larger monasteries closed between 1539-40
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What census was carried out in 1535?
What did it assess?
Valor Ecclesiasticus
Wealth of the church
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Who did Cromwell also send out around this time?
Inspectors to look at the behaviour and conditions within the monasteries
Known as the 'visitations'
Compiled findings in the 'Comperta Monastica'
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What did the visitations show?
The monasteries were in poor spiritual condition - although the men were biased to look for negatives possibly
Found prostitution and excess money spent on relics etc
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Motives for the dissolution
Henry - likely to have been wealth it would bring him
Cromwell - religious factors may have played a role
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What census was carried out in 1535?
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