Monasteries

Question 1

Valor eccesiasticus

Answer 1

Wolsey realised that by dissolving monasteries would double the crowns income— threat to monasteries

Question 2

England is a land of Abbeys

Answer 2

800 in total

Question 3

Role of monasteries

Answer 3

Largest land owner - provide mass employment
Centre of art and learning- monks produce exquisite illuminated manuscripts, carvings and painting.

Question 4

Social change

Answer 4

Increased literacy supported by the printing press, dissolved mon brought to end their specific role in education but the concomitant growth in grammar skills led to the education of the middling sort

Ca- enclosure before mon was the major driver of soc change as it led to the mass movement of workers to town and cities. Half the population of Coventry was wage dependent

The dis of mon resulted in the displacement of monks and nuns from religious houses
Ca- whilst the ownership of the monasteries changed, land in the main was rented out to the same people on the land,

Pil of grace led to the council of the north being established.