Dissolution of the Monasteries

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
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