The consequences of Henry’s decision to suppress England’s monastic institutions were far-reaching, and changed the face of society forever. The effects of the Dissolution of the Monasteries can still ...

Henry VIII was brought up as a devout Catholic. In the early years of his reign he attended mass five times a day and his most trusted adviser was the head of the Catholic Church in England, Cardinal ...

For almost 1,000 years, the English church grew up around its monasteries—a network of institutions that instructed the living, cared for the dying and prayed for the dead. Monasteries were locations ...