The Dissolution of the Monasteries

Question 1

What happens in 1535?

Answer 1

Royal visitations of the monasteries begins - Valor Ecclesiasticus

Question 2

What happens in 1536?

Answer 2

Act for dissolution of the lesser monasteries
Ten articles are published
Cromwell issued the first set of Royal Injunctions
October - Pilgrimage of Grace

Question 3

What happens in 1537?

Answer 3

Bishops Book is published

Question 4

What happens in 1538?

Answer 4

First official English bible is publishes

Cromwell issued the second Royal Injunctions

Question 5

What happens in 1539?

Answer 5

Act for the dissolution of the greater monasteries

Act of 6 articles

Question 6

Define the Benedictines?

Answer 6

A religious order following the rule of St Benedict

The order has a long tradition of scholarship and the promotion of learning

Question 7

What was monasticism like in 1530?

Answer 7

At least 800 religious houses and nearly 500 of them were monk houses

Question 8

Why were the monasteries to be dissolved?

Answer 8

Financial gain
One of the last bastions of Popery
They believed they served the pope first then Henry