The dissolution of the monasteries, occasionally referred to as the suppression of the monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between...
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The dissolution of the monasteries in Portugal was a nationalization of the property of male monastic orders effected by a decree of 28 May 1834 enacted...
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English Reformation (redirect from The English Reformation)
under the law. However, historians have noted that activities such as the dissolution of the monasteries enriched the "Tudor kleptocracy". The theology...
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Henry VIII (redirect from The Early Years of Henry VIII)
Henry was an extravagant spender, using proceeds from the dissolution of the monasteries and acts of the Reformation Parliament. He converted money that was...
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Act for the Dissolution of the Greater Monasteries, was an act the Parliament of England that provided for the dissolution of 552 monasteries and houses...
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Lindisfarne (redirect from Ancient Diocese and Monastery of Lindisfarne)
Henry VIII's dissolution of the English church's ties to Rome, and his subsequent closing of the monasteries. Even with the closure of the island's priory...
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The Suppression of Religious Houses Act 1535 (27 Hen. 8. c. 28), also referred to as the Act for the Dissolution of the Lesser Monasteries and as the...
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against King Henry VIII's break with the Catholic Church, the dissolution of the lesser monasteries, and the policies of the King's chief minister, Thomas Cromwell...
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regarding medieval monasteries. Monastery Italy Monasteries Search – UOC Synod Commission for Monasteries Google-map – UOC Synod Commission for Monasteries...
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during the Middle Ages, but many were closed during the Protestant Reformation, the Dissolution of the Monasteries under King Henry VIII, the French Revolution...
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Shardlake series (category Cultural depictions of Henry VIII)
Tombland. The seventh book, Tombland, was published in October 2018. The books cover several historical events, such as the Dissolution of the monasteries (1536–1541)...
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the monasteries, the book follows the lawyer Shardlake in his attempts to solve the murder of one of Thomas Cromwell's commissioners in the monastery at...
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Secularization (church property) (category 16th century in the Holy Roman Empire)
to church property. The Dissolution of the Monasteries in England began in 1536 under Henry VIII of England. While some monasteries were simply abolished...
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the dissolution of the monasteries, which controlled much of the richest land. He disbanded religious houses, appropriated their income, disposed of their...
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Tudor period (category History of the United Kingdom by period)
1536 protesting the religious reforms of Henry VIII, his dissolution of the monasteries and the policies of the King's chief minister, Thomas Cromwell...
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or union Dissolution of the Monasteries, in England, Wales and Ireland 1536–1541 Dissolution (chemistry), or solvation, the interaction of a solvent...
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Thomas Cromwell (redirect from Thomas Cromwell, the First Earl of Essex)
he established the Court of Augmentations to handle the massive windfall to the royal coffers from the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Two other important...
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Anchorite (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB)
Written evidence supports the existence of 780 anchorites on 600 sites between 1100 and 1539, when the Dissolution of the Monasteries ordered by Henry VIII...
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VIII of England during the dissolution of the monasteries – upon the succession of the Protestant queen Elizabeth I of England aptly demonstrates the new...
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William Cavendish (courtier) (category People associated with the Dissolution of the Monasteries)
considerable fortune, and became one of Thomas Cromwell's "visitors of the monasteries" during the dissolution of the monasteries. He was MP for Thirsk in 1547...
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These monasteries were dissolved by King Henry VIII of England in the dissolution of the monasteries. The list is by no means exhaustive, since over 800...
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Saint Neot (monk) (redirect from Life of Neot)
Neots after the Norman Conquest. Anselm took Neot's jawbone back to Bec. During the reign of King Henry VIII, the Dissolution of the Monasteries took place...
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share of the lands after the dissolution of the monasteries. In 1544, he was for the second time in command of an English army for the invasion of France...
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assets passed to the Monastery of St. Simon of Junqueira, located close-by. It can be noted that the Dissolution of the Monasteries in England - a major...
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The position of Dean of Ely Cathedral, in East Anglia, England, in the Diocese of Ely was created in 1541 after the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The...
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According to a discredited tradition, during the Dissolution of the Monasteries, his body was thrown into the River Soar, although other evidence suggests...
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separate jurisdiction under the control of the abbot of Bury St Edmunds Abbey until the dissolution of the monasteries in the 1530s. Until 1849, an old...
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Richard Whiting (abbot) (died 1539), last abbot of Glastonbury Abbey before Dissolution of the Monasteries Richard Whiting (rugby league), English rugby...
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the Catholic Church. Richly rewarded with royal gains from the Dissolution of the Monasteries, he nevertheless prosecuted Calvinists and other Protestants...
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Lindisfarne Gospels (redirect from Book of Lindisfarne)
the Gospels into the English language. The Gospels may have been taken from Durham Cathedral during the Dissolution of the Monasteries ordered by Henry...
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