Dissolution of the Monasteries

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Tudor-era reform confiscation of church property religious suppression campaign

The Dissolution of the Monasteries was a series of administrative and legal actions by King Henry VIII in the 1530s that closed and confiscated the property of monasteries, priories, convents, and friaries across England, Wales, and Ireland.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Dissolution of the Monasteries canonical 68
Act for the Dissolution of the Greater Monasteries 1539 1
Act for the Dissolution of the Lesser Monasteries 1536 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tudor-era reform ⓘ
confiscation of church property ⓘ
religious suppression campaign ⓘ
affectedInstitutionType convents ⓘ
friaries ⓘ
monasteries ⓘ
priories ⓘ
appliesToTerritory England ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
carriedOutBy Crown of England ⓘ
cause English Reformation Parliament era ⓘ
surface form: English Reformation
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
endTime 1541 ⓘ
follows Act of Supremacy 1534 ⓘ
hasCause Henry VIII's break with Rome ⓘ
assertion of royal supremacy over the Church of England ⓘ
desire to control church wealth ⓘ
hasEffect confiscation of monastic lands ⓘ
displacement of monks and nuns ⓘ
end of most monasteries in England and Wales ⓘ
expansion of the Tudor state’s fiscal base ⓘ
loss of monastic libraries and manuscripts ⓘ
redistribution of land to the nobility and gentry ⓘ
reduction of traditional monastic charity and social services ⓘ
strengthening of the Tudor monarchy ⓘ
transfer of church property to the Crown ⓘ
hasPart closure of nunneries ⓘ
dissolution of larger monasteries ⓘ
dissolution of smaller monasteries ⓘ
suppression of friaries ⓘ
implementedBy Thomas Cromwell ⓘ
initiatedBy Henry VIII of England ⓘ
legalBasis Dissolution of the Monasteries self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Act for the Dissolution of the Greater Monasteries 1539

Dissolution of the Monasteries self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Act for the Dissolution of the Lesser Monasteries 1536

Dissolution of the Monasteries self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Suppression of Religious Houses Acts
notableFigure Henry VIII of England ⓘ
Thomas Cromwell ⓘ
opposedBy Catholic clergy ⓘ
partOf English Reformation Parliament era ⓘ
surface form: English Reformation

Tudor religious policy ⓘ
relatedEvent Lincolnshire Rising ⓘ
Pilgrimage of Grace ⓘ
religiousContext Reformation ⓘ
surface form: Protestant Reformation

formation of the Church of England ⓘ
significantYear 1536 ⓘ
1539 ⓘ
startTime 1536 ⓘ
timePeriod 1530s ⓘ

Referenced by (75)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bath Abbey, Bath, England → dissolvedDuring → Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
subject surface form: Bath Abbey
Shrewsbury Abbey → dissolvedDuring → Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
Henry VIII of England → policy → Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
Tudor dynasty → significantEvent → Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
Act of Supremacy 1534 → relatedEvent → Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
Act of Supremacy 1534 → followedBy → Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dissolution of the Monasteries Acts
English Reformation Parliament era → followedBy → Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
Newstead Abbey → dissolutionContext → Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
Reading Abbey ruins → significantEvent → Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
Dissolution of the Monasteries → legalBasis → Dissolution of the Monasteries self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Act for the Dissolution of the Lesser Monasteries 1536
Dissolution of the Monasteries → legalBasis → Dissolution of the Monasteries self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Act for the Dissolution of the Greater Monasteries 1539
Dissolution of the Monasteries → legalBasis → Dissolution of the Monasteries self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Suppression of Religious Houses Acts
Whitby Abbey → destroyedDuring → Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
Evesham → historicalEvent → Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dissolution of Evesham Abbey
Greyfriars, Newgate, London → event → Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
Greyfriars, Newgate, London → significantEvent → Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
Norton Priory Museum and Gardens → dissolvedDuring → Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
Lilleshall Abbey → dissolutionEvent → Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
Greyfriars Tower, King's Lynn → associatedWithEvent → Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
Eynsham → abbeyDissolvedDuring → Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
Wymondham Priory → event → Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
Eynsham Abbey → suppressedDuring → Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
Neath Abbey → dissolutionEvent → Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
Chicksands Priory → dissolvedDuring → Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
Kirkstall Abbey → dissolvedDuring → Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
Waverley Abbey (near Farnham) → dissolvedDuring → Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
subject surface form: Waverley Abbey
Greyfriars Church, Leicester → dissolvedDuring → Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
St Peter’s Abbey → dissolutionContext → Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
Waverley Abbey → dissolvedDuring → Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
Crowland → abbeyDissolvedDuring → Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
Buckland Abbey → dissolvedDuring → Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
Chertsey Abbey → dissolutionContext → Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
Peterborough Cathedral → survivedEvent → Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
Tavistock Abbey ruins → causeOfDissolution → Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
Keynsham Abbey → dissolvedDuring → Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
St Augustine's Abbey → significantEvent → Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
Whalley Abbey ruins → dissolutionContext → Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
Hailes Abbey → dissolvedDuring → Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
remains of Abingdon Abbey → dissolutionContext → Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
Fountains Abbey → dissolutionContext → Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dissolution of the Monasteries under Henry VIII
Rushen Abbey → dissolutionContext → Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
St Botolph’s Priory → disestablishedDuring → Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
Sopwell Nunnery ruins → dissolvedDuring → Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
Lindisfarne Priory → dissolvedDuring → Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
Pentney Priory → dissolutionEvent → Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
Cymer Abbey → dissolvedDuring → Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
Cistercian abbey (Cymer Abbey) → dissolvedDuring → Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
subject surface form: Cymer Abbey
ruined abbey (Cymer Abbey) → dissolutionCause → Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
subject surface form: Cymer Abbey
Evesham Abbey (site, remains lost) → dissolutionContext → Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
subject surface form: Evesham Abbey
this entity surface form: Dissolution of the Monasteries in England
Valle Crucis Abbey → dissolvedDuring → Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ