Beneficiaries and losers (Edexcel GCSE History): Flashcards
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Date range of the dissolution of monasteries
Date range of the dissolution of monasteries
1536-1540
Protestant reformers who benefited from dissolution
Protestant reformers who benefited from dissolution
Thomas Cromwell and Thomas Cranmer
Greatest individual winner from dissolution
Greatest individual winner from dissolution
Henry VIII
Henry VIII's main financial gain from dissolution
Henry VIII's main financial gain from dissolution
Financial independence from Parliament
What nobility received from dissolution
What nobility received from dissolution
Former monastic lands as gifts or at bargain prices
Fate of former monks after dissolution
Fate of former monks after dissolution
Homeless and unemployed
Why nuns suffered more than monks from dissolution
Why nuns suffered more than monks from dissolution
Couldn't transition to parish churches, few employment options
How dissolution affected England's poorest citizens
How dissolution affected England's poorest citizens
Lost access to monastic charity; became beggars & vagrants
Impact on tenant farmers after dissolution
Impact on tenant farmers after dissolution
Raised rents or evicted for sheep farming
Cultural heritage destroyed by dissolution
Cultural heritage destroyed by dissolution
Medieval buildings, manuscripts, artwork, learning centres
New educational institutions from dissolution wealth
New educational institutions from dissolution wealth
Cathedral grammar schools and university colleges
What happened in 1536 (dissolution)
What happened in 1536 (dissolution)
First Dissolution Act closed smaller monasteries
What happened in 1539 (dissolution)
What happened in 1539 (dissolution)
Second Dissolution Act targeted larger monasteries
Social crisis created by dissolution
Social crisis created by dissolution
England's first major homelessness crisis
Glastonbury Abbey library loss (1539)
Glastonbury Abbey library loss (1539)
Over 400 ancient manuscripts destroyed or lost