cause and process for dissolution of monasteries Flashcards
1
Q
monastery services
A
- praying for souls
- healing sick
- charity and education
2
Q
valor Ecclesiasticus
A
1535
monastic income 3x greater than the crowns- incentive to the king
3
Q
the visitations
A
1535
commissioners to look at the conditions of the monasteries
many were in good order, though a few tales of immortality came back
4
Q
Act for the Dissolutions of the smaller monasteries
A
1536
all houses worth less than £200 annually were to be closed
5
Q
process of dissolution
A
abbeys were plundered
medieval artwork destroyed or taken off
500 houses dissolved
6
Q
The Second Dissolution Act
A
1539
very lucrative for a king without much money
recognised that the monasteries had been dissolved
7
Q
carthusian monks
A
were executed in 1537-8 for opposing the closures
