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He closed the monasteries because he needed money to go to war and the monks were selling indulgences
Indulgences: they are were someone pays to get to heaven
He needed power over the church and the monks weren't behaving they were getting into relationships and getting drunk and coming to morning services drunken monks aren't meant have any money but they were gambling with money.
He closed down the monasteries by sending Thomas Cromwell's team of inspectors to inspect the monasteries. They found that some monks and nuns had become lazy and greedy and so, Henry closed them down.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoHenry VIII got his Chief Minister Thomas Cromwell to organise the closing down of the monasteries.
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∙ 14y agoHe cleverly exploited their wealth, and how the monks were not following the rules: Turning up drunk at the morning service, sleeping with woman, these things were forbidden.
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∙ 13y agoTo get all the money the monastries had to offer. He got £150,000 (due to price inflation now £70million)
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∙ 15y agohe sold everything to do with them
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What monasteries did Henry VIII close in Kingston?
heclosed a lot of monestries
Did the catholic church cause the English reformation in Henry VIII time or the monasteries?
The Roman Catholic Church probably caused it through its opposition to Henry's wishes, and the monasteries suffered from it.
When did Henry VIII close down the monasteries?
he wanted to get lots of money by owning the land and also gaining power
Was Thomas More a friend to Henry VIII?
Sire Thomas More was an intellectual and humanist during Henry VIII's reign. Thomas More was a member of the King's Council as well as Speaker of the House in Parliament. Thomas More acted as Henry VIII's close adviser and confident. After the dismissal of Cardinal Wolsey, Thomas More was also appointed as the Chancellor to King Henry VIII.
What was another name of the Church of England during the Middle ages?
The Church of England did not exist during the Middle Ages. It was formed after the Dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII at the beginning of the modern era.
What did Henry lose by closing down the monasteries?
In what year did Henry VIII closed the monasteries?
What Monasteries did Henry VIII shut down?
all monasteries in Britian.
Where did Henry VIII get his wealth?
he got it from the monasteries
Was Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries unjustified?
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Was Henry VIIs only method of suppressing the Protestants the dissolution of the monasteries?
The dissolution of the monasteries was nothing to do with supressing Protestants (Monasteries were Catholic) and it was Henry VIII not Henry VII.
What did Henry viii do to England's monasteries give an example of one of the monasteries he destroyed?
He burnt them down
What day did Henry VIII break away from the monasteries?
1530
Location of the monasteries Henry VIII closed down in 1530?
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Why did Henry VIII shut down the monasteries?
because he needed money
Did Henry VIII sell all of the monasteries?
yes he sold everything to do with them
What monasteries did Henry VIII close in Kingston?
heclosed a lot of monestries
Name of the monasteries Henry VIII shut down?
Barney Abbey
