How did Henry dissolve them?
- Created by: Himee Senanayake
- Created on: 08-06-18 06:16
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- How did Henry dissolve them?
- First Act of Dissolution
- March 1536
- allowed 67 monasteries to be judged whether they were allowed to stay open or not
- end of 1537 - close all monastries
- Voluntary dissolution of large monasteries
- Each monastery targeted by Cromwell's servants
- Some had supported the rebels in the Pilgrimage of Grace
- Second Act of Dissolution
- no more remained
- Winners
- Protestant
- removed a powerful symbol of Roman Catholicism
- Henry sold most of the monastic land.
- gave members of the nobility the opportunity to buy land
- many estates were also bought by those who ordinarily would have remained landless
- Protestant
- Losers
- hard readjustment for many monks and nuns
- monasteries were there home and the closure was frightening and confusing for those who worshipped them
- heads of houses = generous pension
- monks and nuns = one off payment of 20-30 shillings
- many =homeless
- nuns could not marry or go to another church
- monks and nuns = one off payment of 20-30 shillings
- tenant farmers saw the cost of rent rise horrendously
- lots of poor and sick depended on the monasteries to provide for them
- hard readjustment for many monks and nuns
- First Act of Dissolution
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