DISSOLUTION OF THE MONASTERIES, THE


Meaning of DISSOLUTION OF THE MONASTERIES, THE in English

Dissoˌlution of the ˈMonasteries, the BrE AmE

the closing of all the monasteries (↑ monastery ) in England in the 1530s, during the Reformation (=the period when the protestant church was established, and the English churches left the Roman Catholic Church) . King Henry VIII ordered the monasteries to be closed, and sold their property in order to increase his own wealth and power.

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