The Dissolution of the Monasteries In Episode 3 of Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, rumors that Thomas Cromwell has either bewitched or killed the king have spread like wildfire in the north ...

Many of the gentry who gained from the dissolution of the monasteries remained Catholics. As the Protestant Reformation progressed in Wales and England under the Tudor dynasty, except during Mary ...

It’s happened at the height of the dissolution of the monasteries, and Shardlake wonders if Thomas Cromwell is involved in this. The problem is Thomas Cromwell is Henry VIII’s right-hand man.

In 1536, Thomas Cromwell spotted an opportunity to enrich his master, Henry VIII, and further increase his own standing: the dissolution of the monasteries and claiming their wealth for the Crown.

He and his new chief adviser, Thomas Cromwell, began the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Religious buildings were destroyed, and the land and wealth was transferred to the king. Over four years ...

"In England, we still like to talk about the 'dissolution' of the monasteries as if it was a gentle process. Really, it was an annihilation," says Bendor Grosvenor ...

Many of the gentry who gained from the dissolution of the monasteries remained Catholics. As the Protestant Reformation progressed in Wales and England under the Tudor dynasty, except during Mary ...