Dissolution Of The Monasteries

Question 1

Spiritual reasons for dissolution of the monasteries

Answer 1

Monasteries were bastions of catholic doctrine
Papal loyalty
Perceived corruption

Question 2

Spiritual reason : monasteries were bastions of catholic doctrine

Answer 2

Henry and Cromwell were keen to remove any chance of return to Catholicism on religious grounds

Question 3

Spiritual reason: papal loyalty

Answer 3

Monks were loyal to the authority of the pope in Rome

Question 4

Spiritual reasons : Perceived corruption

Answer 4

Some monasteries were seen as having poor standards of behaviour and piety

Question 5

Non-spiritual reasons

Answer 5

Monasteries were outdated
To finance Henry’s army
Nobles loyalty

Question 6

Non-spiritual reasons : Monasteries were outdated

Answer 6

The 1535 poor law provided support within villages

making monastic welfare outdated

printing reduced needs for scribes

Question 7

Non-spiritual reasons : to finance Henry’s army

Answer 7

A much welcome addition to the royal coffers (money stash) (particularly since raising taxation could provoke rebellion)

Question 8

Non-spiritual reasons : nobles loyalty

Answer 8

Bought with land acquired from monasteries ; they would entrench change and resist the restoration of papal authority

Question 9

1535

Answer 9

Valor ecc lesiasticus
A survey to assess the church’s wealth; four ‘visitors’ assessed monastic institutions, identifying any weakness or corruption (although they gave some praise)

Question 10

1536

Answer 10

Dissolution of smaller monasteries

Income under £200 per annum

Question 11

1539

Answer 11

Dissolution of the greater monasteries

Had been carried out by march 1940