The dissolution of the monasteries.And the Pilgrimage of Grace.

The dissolution of the monasteries.

Starter.• Monasteries were ..............

Dissolving

The dissolution of the monasteries.

• Why were the monasteries so important?• Why were they so rich?• Why did Thomas Cromwell want to close them

down?• Why did Henry VIII want to close them?• What were the effects?

Closing the monasteries. 1536.

Lego version!

Pilgrimage of Grace. 1536.

Rebels marching towards London

Video clips• http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/why-did-henry-viii-dissolve-the-monasteries/165.html• BBC Why did Henry close the monasteries? 2.47 mins

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/henry-viii-sends-cromwell-to-dissolve-the-monasteries/936.html

• BBC Cromwell’s commissioners 2 mins

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/how-the-monasteries-became-the-victims-of-the-reformation/895.html

• BBC From dissolution to rebellion 1 min

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/the-pilgrimage-of-grace/166.html• BBC Pilgrimage of Grace 4.25 mins

Who are they and what part did these people play in the story?

Results.

Executing the rebels

Flowchart.

1. Henry wants to divorce...

2. The Pope refuses...

3. Henry sacks ...

4. Cromwell suggests...

5. Henry becomes

Head of ...

6. The monks

support the ...

7. Cromwell suggests that the

monasteries are closed because ...

8. Commissio

ners are sent to the monasterie

s to find out ...

9. The monasterie

s are ...

10. In the North the Pilgrimage of Grace begins

because ...

1. After Henry had made himself Supreme Head of the ______ he decided to close down the _________. This is called the …………..

2. There were many reasons for this:a) Priests and monks promised to obey the ________. Henry was

afraid that ……………..b) Monasteries had been useful eg. …………………………………..

but people no longer needed them because …………………c) Monasteries were very rich because ……………………….d) In 1535 Henry told Thomas _________ to arrange a report called

_______________. Monks and nuns were supposed to ………………………………………………. The report discovered that ……………………………………….

3. Between _______ and _______ Henry closed down ……………………4. Henry became the ………………………….5. Describe what happened to the monks and nuns.6. Read sources 1, 2, 3 and 4. Make a list of ten faults that the

inspectors found. 7. Draw the execution of the monks.

Henry VIII and the dissolution of the monasteries.Pages 6 and 7

1.When?Where?Why?

2.Who?

3.Who?Where?

4.Symbols?What did they want?

5.Legend?

6.Who else?Why?

7.Where?

8.Who?Why?

9.Henry’s reaction?

10.Would it be enough?

11.Offer?Promise?

12.Executions?Who?

The Pilgrimage of Grace. 1536. Pages 8 and 9