dissolution of the monasteries

Question 1

what points should you include in the introduction?

Answer 1

many people debate why he dissolved the monasteries and i have come up with why he did it
i have looked at many sources and what could influence his decisions
how did this effect his religious state and the rest of england

Question 2

whats your point for the first paragraph?

Answer 2

looking at who he was married to (catherine of aragon) and his religious state (catholic) before dissolving the monasteries

Question 3

why didn’t henry want a female heir?

Answer 3

because the tudors had just won the wars of the roses and if a female heir was to rule then she couldn’t lead wars or if the white roses came to england then england would crumble and it would been seen as henrys fault . it was also very rare to have female rulers in those days as females were seen as weak

Question 4

why had his wife failed him?

Answer 4

because she couldn’t produce a male heir as she had 2 miscarriages

Question 5

why did henry want a divorce?

Answer 5

because he wanted a male heir which catherine couldn’t produce and he had fallen in love with anne boleyn

Question 6

what did henry do about wanting a divorce?

Answer 6

since in those days divorce was illegal as the whole country was catholic the pope wouldn’t give henry a divorce so henry broke with the catholic church and pope and became the head of church of england

Question 7

what didn’t henry have after the break with the church?

Answer 7

money

Question 8

what did he do about not having money?

Answer 8

he dissolved all the monasteries to get money

Question 9

what did he spend a lot of money on or would spend it on?

Answer 9

he liked expensive clothing and parties and if the catholic countries came and invaded then he would need money to go to war with them

Question 10

could he just shut them down if he wanted to?

Answer 10

no he had to lie, send inspectors to spy on the monks and nuns and say that they weren’t following the rules of god

Question 11

who did he ask to do reports on the monasteries?

Answer 11

thomas cromwell

Question 12

what does source g tell us?

Answer 12

it says that henrys normal income was 100,000pounds and he earned 140,000 from dissolving the monasteries

Question 13

how reliable is it?

Answer 13

its written by a modern historian so its mostly reliable as they don’t have a direct opinion on the subject and their just collecting data but they could have background that gives them a opinion

Question 14

when did henry dissolve the monasteries?

Answer 14

1538

Question 15

what did the monasteries mean to henry?

Answer 15

they were very valuable and expensive and to henry he could run the county better by dissolving them

Question 16

where thomas cromwells reports reliable?

Answer 16

no because henry just needed to lie on the reports and the monasteries were his and if anyone questioned him they could have something bad done to him

Question 17

what does source d state?

Answer 17

monks were gambling and playing with women (which monks were certain showing they were breaking the religious rules)

Question 18

is source d reliable?

Answer 18

no because the inspectors knew if they just lied in the reports then henry would get the money and pay thomas to pay them

Question 19

why did monks and nuns not support the henry?

Answer 19

because he broke away from the church and dissolved the monasteries which were their homes and were they would school the young

Question 20

whats evidence to support that monks didn’t like henry?

Answer 20

source k says that monks and nuns gave education to boys and girls and gave to poor

Question 21

is source k reliable?

Answer 21

no because its a primary source written by a rebel against the king and he might be exaggerating to prove a point

Question 22

what are you going to write in your conclusion?

Answer 22

henry shut down the monasteries because he needed money after breaking with the pope. however needed to prove that monks and nuns weren’t following religious rules so he payed inspects to lie about the state of the monasteries

Question 23

What does an artists impression show of the monasteries ?

Answer 23

It shows all the valuable parts of the monasteries and the price of everything

Question 24

Was the artists impression reliable ?

Answer 24

No cause it was a secondary report and an impression

Question 25

Where did Henery get a lot of money before he broke from the church?

Answer 25

The Catholic Church gave him a lot of money

Question 26

What did most of the reports say?

Answer 26

They said how monks and nuns weren’t following religious rules

Question 27

Did monks and nuns still surport the king?

How did this affect the the kings reports?

Answer 27

They didn’t support the king so this gave the king more reason not to write honest reports
They also supported the pope more than ever so they would disobey the king

Question 28

Why did monks and nuns support the pope?

Answer 28

Because Henry closed the monasteries which were their homes and broke away from the church

Question 29

when was mary rein?

Answer 29

1553-1558

Question 30

when did elizabeth rein?

Answer 30

1558-1603

Question 31

when was the book of martyrs made?

Answer 31

1563

Question 32

who was the author of the book of martyrs ?

what was his religion?

Answer 32

john fox

protestant