Because of the end of Papal Authority in England, the many monasteries around England that had held power and wealth throughout England for so long were seen as a quick way to get money to pay for the debts Henry VIII had acquired, and also to pay for the war.
In what year did Henry VIII closed the monasteries?
Henry VIII really closed up the monasteries because they were both rich and powerful institutions that were very loyal to the Popes. The Pope was seen as an opponent to Henry and by closing the monasteries, Henry was then viewed as the Head of the Church.
The exact date of the closing of the monasteries is unknown. Although, we do know that it was in 1534-1535.
To get money to finance the war with France. He wanted to be known as a warrior kimg
The dissolution of the monasteries was nothing to do with supressing Protestants (Monasteries were Catholic) and it was Henry VIII not Henry VII.
to be able to take money from the church, Henry had to close the catholic church and monasteries to take away their money. To be able to close the monasteries Henry needed a reason, so, he bad mouthed the catholics by saying that they believed in the wrong things and that they were greedy. By saying that, he then had the power (as king) to close, burn and take all the money from the churches and monasteries. written by lucian thomas :-p
all monasteries in Britian.
He burnt them down
he got it from the monasteries
From my opinion Henry closed the monasteries as he wanted money. Wealth was an important reason as he could get money from land from the catholic church and gold from the church as well. He wanted a divorce as well as being greedy for money as he wanted to marry Anne Boleyn so he could try to have a son however the pope would not grant this divorce as he was held hostage by King of Spain who was Catherine of Aragons father. So this is a main reason why Henry closed down the monasteries. Another reason was power he was sick of the monks and priests taking orders from the pope as he wanted to boss people about and so did show him who was boss and became in charge of the reformation this made him powerful. One large identification made by the king himself was that the monasteries needed to go monks doing usual daily tasks such as praying , teaching, helping the poor and looking after the sick instead they went out partying (getting drunk) and going to bed late. The king was angry because of behaviour. That's why he closed down the monasteries.
Henry was fat Henry was fat Henry was fat
Henry carried out the Reformation by closing down the monasteries and creating his own church. This meant that the Pope couldn't take some of Englands wealth. This also meant that Henry would regain the land that the Church owned to fuel his foreign wars.