Did the disappearance of monasteries make a difference?

1. What does this image show? What can we work out about the attitudes of the person who might have used it? Who did it belong to?

2. Key words: restitution gentry piety Did the disappearance of monasteries make a difference?  Learning objectives TBAT explain how the ‘greater’ mons were dissolved To assess the impact of DoM

3.  Your task Watch a clip from ‘Mind of a Tyrant’ and answer the questions on the Pilgrimage of Grace

5.  Your task • Read p.124-5 and note down under the heading, ‘Dissolution of the Greater Houses’ how H8 got rid of them. Focus on these methods: • Lack of resistance from abbots • Use of royal commissioners • Use of Parliament • Key individuals • How similar were the methods used for smaller monasteries?

6.  Extension Visit ‘The Tudor Place’ and supplement your notes with further detail on the dissolution of the monasteries here: www.tudorplace.com.ar/Documents/suppression_of_english_monasteri.htm

7.  Your task • Study the extracts from historians’ views on the DoM. Identify evidence which relates to impact in the following areas: • Cultural (impact on buildings & possessions) • Social (impact on different classes of people) • Financial • How far do the views support or challenge that of Aske (Source I, p.123)

8.  Your task Read p.126-8 and note down the impact of the Dissolution of the monasteries by completing a chart similar to the one below:

9. This House believes the effects of the Dissolution of the Monasteries were broadly positive for the English people.

10. Key words: restitution gentry piety Did the disappearance of monasteries make a difference?  Learning objectives TBAT explain how the ‘greater’ mons were dissolved To assess the impact of DoM