Dissolution of the Monasteries (England)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Dissolution_of_the_Monasteries_(England)

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:affects	gptkb:Cistercian_monasteries gptkb:Carthusian_monasteries nunneries Benedictine monasteries friaries Augustinian monasteries
gptkbp:conductedBy	gptkb:Thomas_Cromwell
gptkbp:country	gptkb:England
gptkbp:endDate	1541
gptkbp:followedBy	further Protestant reforms
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Dissolution of the Monasteries (England)
gptkbp:impact	cultural loss loss of monastic libraries secularization of church property change in land ownership displacement of monks and nuns end of monastic charity rise of gentry
gptkbp:launched	gptkb:Henry_VIII
gptkbp:legislature	gptkb:Suppression_of_Religious_Houses_Act_1535 gptkb:Suppression_of_Religious_Houses_Act_1539 gptkb:Act_of_Supremacy_(1534)
gptkbp:motive	consolidate royal power increase royal revenue reduce papal influence
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Pilgrimage_of_Grace
gptkbp:notableSite	gptkb:Fountains_Abbey gptkb:Tintern_Abbey gptkb:Reading_Abbey gptkb:Glastonbury_Abbey gptkb:Battle_Abbey gptkb:Waltham_Abbey gptkb:St_Mary's_Abbey,_York Rievaulx Abbey Whitby Abbey Westminster Abbey (temporarily affected)
gptkbp:opposedBy	monastic communities Catholic population Pilgrimage of Grace participants
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Act_of_Supremacy_(1534)
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Church_of_England gptkb:English_Reformation Dissolution of the Chantries Dissolution of the Monasteries (Ireland) Dissolution of the Monasteries (Scotland) Dissolution of the Monasteries (Wales)
gptkbp:resultedIn	closure of monasteries confiscation of monastic property destruction of monastic buildings redistribution of wealth
gptkbp:startDate	1536
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Dominican_Friary gptkb:Augustinian_Friary gptkb:Augustinian_Priory
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8