effects of the dissolution

Question 1

in all,

Answer 1

563 houses had been dissolved

Question 2

monks and nuns

Answer 2

6,500 monks pensioned off but 1,500 left in hardship

2,000 nuns were neither allowed to marry nor become priests

Question 3

monasteries were

Answer 3

plundered and valuables were confiscated and melted down

Question 4

the impressive buildings

Answer 4

that had been a feature of the medieval landscape soon fell into disrepair and became crumbling ruins, whilst others were sold as homes for the nobility

Question 5

money

Answer 5

Henry received around 10% of the wealth of the entire kingdom

crown income doubled to £250,000 per annum

Question 6

the poor

Answer 6

could no longer be helped by the monasteries and locals lost the services that monasteries provided

Question 7

it allowed Henry to

Answer 7

advance his ambitious fp

Question 8

some money was invested

Answer 8

Cathedral Grammar schools - Bristol

Christ Church, Oxford and Trinity College, Cambridge were established

Question 9

ruling class changed

Answer 9

the lesser gentry became more visible after buying these buildings

Question 10

protestants were delighted

Answer 10

the closure of these buildings had dealt a great blow to the possibility of a return to Roman Catholicism in England