Dissolution of the Monasteries | GPTKB

Dissolution of the Monasteries

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:affects	gptkb:Catholic_Church_in_England monks nuns friars
gptkbp:endDate	1541
gptkbp:followedBy	redistribution of monastic wealth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Dissolution of the Monasteries
gptkbp:influenced	English economy English landscape English society architecture (ruins of abbeys) charity (loss of monastic hospitals) decline of monasticism in England development of Anglican Church education (loss of monastic schools) redistribution of wealth rise of landed gentry urban development (monastic lands used for new towns and estates) parish churches (some former monastic churches became parish churches)
gptkbp:influencedBy	break with Rome
gptkbp:launched	gptkb:Henry_VIII
gptkbp:legalBasis	gptkb:Act_of_Supremacy gptkb:Suppression_of_Religious_Houses_Act_1535 gptkb:Suppression_of_Religious_Houses_Act_1539
gptkbp:notableMonasteriesClosed	gptkb:Fountains_Abbey gptkb:St_Albans_Abbey gptkb:Tintern_Abbey gptkb:Westminster_Abbey_(as_a_monastery) gptkb:Glastonbury_Abbey Rievaulx Abbey Whitby Abbey
gptkbp:occurredIn	gptkb:England gptkb:Wales
gptkbp:oversees	gptkb:Thomas_Cromwell
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:English_Reformation
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Act_of_Supremacy_1534
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:English_Civil_War gptkb:Protestant_Reformation gptkb:Pilgrimage_of_Grace
gptkbp:resultedIn	closure of monasteries confiscation of monastic property creation of new gentry class destruction of monastic buildings increase in royal revenue loss of social services provided by monasteries redistribution of land
gptkbp:startDate	1536
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Blackfriars gptkb:English_Reformation gptkb:monastery gptkb:Act_of_Supremacy_(1534)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4