Role Of Monasteries Flashcards
How much land did they own?
1/3rd
At the start of his reign how many religious’s houses and monks and nuns were there?
800
10000
Religious functions
Places of religious contemplation
Worship god, chaste , obedient and said prayers for the dead know as chantries.
Medical
Hospitals and hospices
Place of refuge
Safe havens for people who felt threatened.
Educational
Monks often educated young boys of the nobility and gentry
Cromwell and Cranmer disapproved of many religious practices including…
Prayers for the dead
He felt that many monks and nuns were loyal to the..
Pope rather than the king. This consciousness was strengthened in the pilgrimage of grace. Closing them down would strengthen Henry’s control of the church and getting rid of sources of opposition within it
Financial reasons for closing down
Pay for any future wars and the defense of England against any Catholic crusade organised by Francis i and Charles v. Make him financially independent of parl as he would no longer have to ask it to approve taxation. Patronage for nobility.
In 1535, cormwell commissioned
Valor Ecclesiasticus
To investigate corruption. His survey revealed that monasteries could double the crown’s annual income.
Led to a series of visitations. These alleged that…
Monks were not keeping to their structure moral code as they kept mistresses, engaged in homosexual practices, gambled and in the case of nuns, bore children. Combined total of 160000 per yr
1536 parliament passed.,,
Act for the dissolution of the lesser monasteries
1538 a further series of visitations led to many…
Abbots and abbesses surrenders their religious houses as a gift to the king
1539 act for the..
Dissolution of the greater monasteries
1540 court of…
Augmentations was established with Richard rich as chancellor to handle property ad income from the monasteries
The money from monasteries was short-lived bc..
Wasted on lavish events like the field of cloth of gold
