Beneficiaries and losers (Edexcel GCSE History): Quizzes
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Between which years did the dissolution of monasteries occur?
Between which years did the dissolution of monasteries occur?
1536-1540
What was Henry VIII's greatest financial benefit from the dissolution?
What was Henry VIII's greatest financial benefit from the dissolution?
He became financially independent
What did Protestant reformers see the dissolution as a victory for?
What did Protestant reformers see the dissolution as a victory for?
Their religious cause
Who emerged as the greatest individual winner from the dissolution?
Who emerged as the greatest individual winner from the dissolution?
Henry VIII himself
How did the nobility typically acquire former monastic lands?
How did the nobility typically acquire former monastic lands?
As gifts or at bargain prices
Why did nuns face particularly severe challenges compared to monks?
Why did nuns face particularly severe challenges compared to monks?
They couldn't transition to parishes
What crucial social services did monasteries traditionally provide to the poor?
What crucial social services did monasteries traditionally provide to the poor?
Food, care for sick, and shelter
What often happened to tenant farmers when new landowners took control?
What often happened to tenant farmers when new landowners took control?
Rents rose or they were evicted
How many ancient manuscripts were in Glastonbury Abbey's library when it was dissolved in 1539?
How many ancient manuscripts were in Glastonbury Abbey's library when it was dissolved in 1539?
Over 400
What new educational institutions were established using dissolution wealth?
What new educational institutions were established using dissolution wealth?
Cathedral grammar schools
What did the First Dissolution Act of 1536 target?
What did the First Dissolution Act of 1536 target?
Smaller monasteries
Why did the nobility have a vested interest in preventing a return to Catholicism?
Why did the nobility have a vested interest in preventing a return to Catholicism?
It would threaten their new wealth