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6 matches to Dissolution of Monasteries
Dissolution of Monasteries. 1536, small; 1539, large. Henry VIII siezes wealth of church.
Lincolnshire Insurection. 1536. Against taxes, Dissolution of Monasteries.
Pilgrimage of Grace. 1536. Catholic uprising in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire against dissolution of monasteries, taxation and inflation.
Athos, Mt. 963-. Greek theocracy, site of Orthodox monasteries.
Henry VIII. 1491-1547. King of England 1509-. Executed Thomas More. Established Church of England. Dissolved monasteries. Six wives: Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, Catherine Parr.
Metéora. Built 12C-1458. Greece. Monasteries perched on 1000’ pinnacles and crags.