The Role Of Religious Houses Flashcards
At the start of Henry’s reign how many religious homes were there in England and how many nuns and monks served it
800
10000
Large religious hoses were known as what and under the control of who?
Abbeys
Abbot (monks) abbess (nuns)
Medium suited houses were called what
Priories or nunneries
Smaller houses were known as what
Friaries
Monasteries own how much of land in England
1/3
Top 29 monasteries had incomes of…
£1000 per year
Monasteries were sometimes paid for by who
Local landowners
How did monasteries carry out religious functions and roles
Acted as place of religious contemplation
Required monks to engage in worship and prayer on daily
Monks expected to be poor chase and obedient
Monks and nuns said prayers for dead
How did monasteries carry out places of refuge functions and roles
Safe places
People could stay whilst travelling
Safe havens for those who felt threatened
How did monasteries carry out commericial functions and roles
Large monasteries were businesses controlling estates
Renting our land to local farmers
How did monasteries carry out administrive functions and roles
Senior monks helped administer local justice
30 sat in House of Lords
Some advised king
How did monasteries carry out social and economic functions and roles
Provided help for poor
Provided employment for local people
Provided home for widows and widowers
And elderly nobles
How did monasteries carry out medical functions and roles
Acted as hospitals and hospices looking after sick and dying
How did monasteries carry out educational functions and roles
Monks educated young boys of nobility and gentry
Acted as place of learning
