Dissolution of the Monasteries

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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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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

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Prittlewell Priory dissolvedDuring Dissolution of the Monasteries
Lincolnshire Rising hasRelatedEvent Dissolution of the Monasteries
Sherborne Abbey event Dissolution of the Monasteries
Walden Abbey dissolvedDuring Dissolution of the Monasteries
Clare Priory suppressedDuring Dissolution of the Monasteries
Muchelney Abbey dissolvedDuring Dissolution of the Monasteries
Glastonbury Abbey dissolutionEvent Dissolution of the Monasteries
Glastonbury Abbey destroyedBy Dissolution of the Monasteries
Tudor government implementedReform Dissolution of the Monasteries
Bury St Edmunds Abbey ruins causeOfRuination Dissolution of the Monasteries
Torre Abbey event Dissolution of the Monasteries
Delapré Abbey dissolvedDuring Dissolution of the Monasteries
Nuneaton Abbey ruins dissolvedDuring Dissolution of the Monasteries
Welbeck Abbey dissolvedDuring Dissolution of the Monasteries
Tewkesbury Abbey suppressedAsMonastery Dissolution of the Monasteries
Norton Priory dissolvedDuring Dissolution of the Monasteries
Kirklees Priory dissolvedDuring Dissolution of the Monasteries
Bolton Abbey prioryDissolvedDuring Dissolution of the Monasteries
Rufford Abbey Country Park dissolvedDuring Dissolution of the Monasteries
subject surface form: Rufford Abbey
Dissolution historicalEventContext Dissolution of the Monasteries
Matthew Shardlake associatedWith Dissolution of the Monasteries
Lewes Priory ruins suppressedDuring Dissolution of the Monasteries
Selby Abbey event Dissolution of the Monasteries
Thorney dissolvedDuring Dissolution of the Monasteries
subject surface form: Thorney Abbey
Inch Abbey (nearby) dissolvedDuring Dissolution of the Monasteries
subject surface form: Inch Abbey