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level: The Reformation and Dissolution of the Monasteries

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level questions: The Reformation and Dissolution of the Monasteries

Question	Answer
-Religious movement 1500's -Reform Roman Catholic Church	What was the Reformation? (2)
-Wealth and influence -Vows of poverty forgotten -Living life in luxury while outsiders starved -Changing attitudes fuelled by Martin Luther, 1517	Why was the church questioned? (4)
-Monasteries - centre of communities - acted as hotels, hospitals and refuges for poor -Most happy with role of church	Why was the church important? (2)
-(1483 -1546) -Angry that people gave money for forgiveness - Christians saved by own faith -Translated Bible to German - Ideas spread through Europe -Started the Protestant Reformation	Martin Luther (4)
-Unhappy with wealth and power of church -Saw Pope as competing power -People listened to Pope but Henry wanted them to listen to only him -Wanted to divorce Catherine of Aragon but Pope wouldn't let him	Henry's motive for reformation (4)
Henry was a devout Catholic and against protestants - but he used their ideas to oppose the Pope	What was unusual about the English reformation?
-Act of Supremacy 1534 -Became head of Church of England - had full control -Didn't have to pay Pope's taxes	What did Henry pass to reform the Church? (3)
-(1485 -1540) -Blacksmith's son - well travelled -Part of Henry's court - most faithful servant -Helped secure Henry's first divorce - restored Henry's wealth -Historians have different views on him	Thomas Cromwell (5)
-Spending too much money despite no Pope taxes and C of E -Risk of foreign invasion - conflict with Pope	Henry's problems after reformation (2)
-Made every change through parliament - blamed them -Cromwell was supposed to make Henry rich - dissolution of the monasteries	How Henry fixed his problems (2)
25%	Percentage of English land owned by monasteries
£200,000 - Nearly double Henry's	Annual income of monasteries (what was this compared to Henry's?)
All small monasteries under £200 annual income closed by parliament	1536
Valor Ecclesiasticus	What did Cromwell set up to evaluate monastery finances
-Inspectors sent in to see how monasteries were spending money -If run insufficiently, crown would take funds -Reports sent to Cromwell - if positive, sent back to be rewritten negatively.	Process of Valor Ecclesiasticus (3)
-Not everyone happy -People were used to the rasied taxes but not Pope conflict -People didn't support break with Rome and King in full control.	Responses to change (3)
-Prices normally stayed the same -Rose under Henry -Henry's advisers blamed	Reason for public unhappiness: Rising Prices (3)
Many disliked church changes because they wanted monasteries back and the Pope as head of the church	Reason for public unhappiness: Changes to Religion (2)
-Landowners were King's advisers before divorce but lost favour afterwards -Catherine of Aragon supporters felt pushed out -Cromwell blamed	Reason for public unhappiness: Landowners lost influence (3)
-Seen as creator of new religious policies and helped with divorce -Disliked by landowners -Blacksmith's son - not good enough to advise King	Reason for public unhappiness: Cromwell's Power (3)