10.3 Social impact of Religious Upheaval

Question 1

What was the most significant social change due to religious upheaval

Answer 1

The dissolution of the monasteries

Question 2

How many monastic institutions were there before the Dissolution

Answer 2

800

Question 3

What were the roles of monastic institutions

Answer 3

• Owned lots of land which was farmed
• Social security, e.g. Charity, Hospitals and Education

Question 4

What did the closure of monastic institutions cause

Answer 4

A devastation of society and the economy

Question 5

What Catholic practices did the 1536 Royal Injunctions attack

Answer 5

• holy days
• Pilgrimages
• Veneration of Relics

Question 6

What was the biggest impact of religious change

Answer 6

The Pilgrimage of Grace

Question 7

What were the consequences of religious upheaval

Answer 7

1. Pilgrimage of grace and other unrest
2. Land removed from the Church
3. Many schools lost and literacy declined
4. Monks and nuns lost jobs
5. Community role of the church diminished

Question 8

What was the impact of Church land removal

Answer 8

The Church owned a majority of the land in England. This eventually became the Crowns and should have made the Crown more powerful

Question 9

What did the Crown do with the land they obtained from the Church

Answer 9

They sold most of it to fund Henry’s warlike foreign policy. Most was sold cheaply

Question 10

How much land had been sold by 1547

Answer 10

2/3 of land they obtained from the Church

Question 11

Where did people attempt to protect their monastery

Answer 11

Durham