Dissolution of the monasteries

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Dissolution_of_the_monasteries

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:affects	gptkb:Catholic_Church_in_England monastic communities land ownership in England
gptkbp:associatedWith	gptkb:English_Reformation
gptkbp:consequence	rise of landed gentry destruction of libraries cultural loss displacement of monks and nuns loss of art and relics loss of monastic charity sale of monastic lands
gptkbp:endDate	1541
gptkbp:enforcedBy	gptkb:Thomas_Cromwell
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Dissolution of the monasteries
gptkbp:legalBasis	gptkb:Act_of_Supremacy_1534 gptkb:Suppression_of_Religious_Houses_Act_1535 gptkb:Suppression_of_Religious_Houses_Act_1539
gptkbp:notableMonasteryClosed	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:Ireland gptkb:Scotland gptkb:Wales
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Pilgrimage_of_Grace Catholic population monastic orders
gptkbp:order	gptkb:Henry_VIII
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Pilgrimage_of_Grace
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Church_of_England gptkb:Protestant_Reformation secularization of church property
gptkbp:resultedIn	closure of monasteries confiscation of monastic property destruction of monastic buildings redistribution of wealth
gptkbp:startDate	1536
gptkbp:supportedBy	gptkb:Henry_VIII gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom gptkb:Thomas_Cromwell
gptkbp:target	monasteries convents friaries priories
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Dissolution_of_the_monasteries_(aftermath)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6