Monasteries Flashcards
1
Q
What is a dissolution?
A
The action of formally ending something
2
Q
What is a monastery?
A
A building (or collection of buildings) occupied by a community of monks
3
Q
What was the role of a monastery?
A
To mske copies of religious scripts and so monks could live there
4
Q
Why could monasteries solve Henry’s money problem?
A
Monasteries were quite a grand estate, with protection and self sustaining land and monasteries were common in these times. If Henry sold these monasteries he would be rich.
5
Q
Why was closing the monasteries down a good idea.
A
Monks were acting unholy rude and disobedient getting away with sinning. This also solved Henrys money problem.
6
Q
How many monasteries did henry close down?
A
825 and gained an extra 120,000 doubling his income
