STARTER

Look at this picture.

Write down THREE
observations about it.
Think about:
What is happening?
Who are the people involved?
Where is it happening?
Why might this happen?

L/O: WHY DID HENRY VIII

DISSOLVE THE MONASTERIES
IN ENGLAND?

Understand the background of monasteries in

England by giving three examples of activities
monasteries engaged in.
Investigate the key factors that led to the
dissolution of the monasteries.
Judge what was the key factor for dissolving
the monasteries in England.

DISSOLUTION
OF THE
MONASTERIE
S

MONASTERIES
& MONKS

What do you think a

monk is?
What would a
monastery be?
Monasteries exist
outside the normal
Church hierarchy but
still answer to the Pope.
Monasteries by this
stage were places of
immense wealth thanks

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Priors
Monks
Lay Brothers
Question Time

A monk is a
Someone could want to be a
monk because

WHAT DO THE MONASTERIES ACTUALLY DO?

Monasteries

Create a table with two columns:

What monks SHOULD do.

What
monks
should do

What
some
monks did
instead

What some monks did INSTEAD.

Watch the video and fill out your table.
Extension Task

Challenge Task

Is there anything
that monasteries
did at this time
that surprises
you? Why?

If you were a person living in

England during the time of
Henry VIII, would you see
monasteries as a good thing
or bad thing for England?

understand the
background of
monasteries?
Give 3 examples
of what

HENRYS PROBLEM

FACTORS THAT CAUSED THE DISSOLUTION

We will be going over a number of factors that resulted in the Dissolution of
the Monasteries.
You will need to be able to say what it was and how it contributed to the
Dissolution.
Then you have to state how important you think it was overall.
Factor
Money
Power
Key People
Desire for Reform

What was it?

How did it
contribute to
the Dissolution?

How important
was it?

FACTOR #1 - MONEY

We already mentioned that

Henry was in serious debt.
He had been fighting many
wars and he was an
extravagant king.
Henry needed a way to find
a serious
amount
Challenge
Taskof cash.
Why couldnt Henry just find the
money somewhere else?

Why did he go for the monasteries?

FACTOR #2 - POWER
In 1535, the Act of
Supremacy made Henry
head of the Church in
England.
This meant that the
Challenge Task
monasteries were under
How
do youcontrol.
think the following
Henrys

people would feel about the Act of

Supremacy?
A Monk
A Protestant
The Pope

FACTOR #3 KEY PEOPLE

Thomas Cromwell was the

Kings chief minister.
He was a supporter of
Protestantism.
He also knew that making
the King happy was a great
way to improve his own
position.
Challenge Task
Did Cromwell target the
monasteries just to support the
King?

FACTOR #4 DESIRE FOR REFORM

There were quite a lot of
people who were against
the abuses of the Church
Look at your table for the
types of abuses they were
angry about).
They genuinely believed
that the monasteries were a
Challenge
Task
bad thing
for England
and
for their religion.
How would English Catholics feel

that Protestants were targeting

their monasteries?

Do
we
CHECKPOINT DO WE
UNDERSTAND?
understand the
motivations and
factors that led
to the
Dissolution of

THE DISSOLUTION OF THE MONASTERIES

Using your evidence and knowledge explain what you
think was the most important factor in causing the
Remember our 4
dissolution of the monasteries.
factors are:
Intro Explain what Henry VIII did.
Point Make a point. I think that ______ was
the most important factor in causing the
dissolution.
Evidence Back it up using your table. I think
this because
Explain Explain what you mean. It was the
most important
reason
because
Extension
Task

What factor do you think had the

most limited impact in causing the

MONEY
POWER
KEY PEOPLE
DESIRE FOR
REFORM

Challenge Question

Was Henry VIII

justified in dissolving
the monasteries?

WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT TODAY?

IDEAS