Henry VIII's BRUTAL Dissolution Of The Monasteries
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- Опубликовано: 3 июл 2024
- Henry VIII is known for being a rather notorious King of England who had 6 wives, however his reign brought a huge degree of change to England. When he split from the Catholic Church, he declared himself the 'Supreme Head of the Church,' and forced those within his realm to accept him as this. However at the time the infamous Tudor monarch was rather poor and he needed a source of income to fund his expensive military campaigns across Europe.
Henry looked towards the hundreds of monastic buildings, friaries, abbeys and priories across England and saw the wealth that they had accumulated. Some of these monastic orders had large amounts of land and money, and Henry looked to seize this. He placed Thomas Cromwell in charge who sent out a number of investigators searching for reasons to shut down these religious houses. This was known as the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
Cromwell shut down hundreds of buildings, took the wealth of all of these and transferred it into the treasury making the King incredibly rich. He also ordered that a number of buildings be destroyed, libraries ruined and also made thousands of staff, monks and nuns homeless and with their way of life in tatters. For a number of people who resented this and stood up to the King, they were also executed including the Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey, Richard Whiting who was hung, drawn and quartered. His head was then displayed above his own abbey.
The Dissolutions of the Monasteries were an incredibly brutal and powerful sign of Henry VIII's power, and they changed the face of English History forever. So join us today as we look at 'Henry VIII's Brutal Dissolution Of The Monasteries.'
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Drive past the Tower of London twice a week, never really paid attention to it until watching these videos, also the pub opposite is called “hung drawn and quartered”.
I am Protestant, but I can still see that this was yet another aspect of Henry VIII being a total monster.
monster? Thats an insult to monsters ! No matter what is done in the name of religion its not religious when killing is included , particularly when it s one individual who is ordering this
@@cosmicmusicreynolds3266 I agree.
Henry VIII never got to meet Saint Peter.
Religion or no religion he was the biggest tyrant we had as king in our country. It's mad because Mary I gets called Bloody Mary because she killed Hundreds of Protestants. However her father killed over 40,000.
I'm protestant but only by baptism I think religion is fake to control the populations only idiots actually believe the pain Christianity has caused to so called unbeliever's you won't hear about that though
Thou shalt coveting thy neighbor's goods, bearing false witness against thy neighbor, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not commit adultery and thou shalt not steal; what the church of England is founded on
As opposed to the Roman Catholic Church which is built on torturing and pedofiles.
@@johnbrowne3950 such an ignorant thing to think.
Thou shalt kissen mein arsen
Good to see these uploads, keep it up. Very informative.
This is the biggest reason Hank 8 is in Hell.
Glastonbury Abbey was I believe wrecked by Hen 8's bully boys and robbers. But it remains a very spiritual and atmospheric place.
Henry only cared about himself. His people meant nothing to him unless he benefited. A man without o drop of sympathy.
ol. he didn't do anything wrong. The people who carried out his orders did a WHOLE LOT WRONG. let's let the people take some responsibility here. They followed bad orders. Morons.
I'm related to St. John Stone, an Augustinian friar executed by Henry. The Stones immigrated to America so that they could freely practice their faith in Maryland, a Catholic colony, but Protestants took advantage of the colony's freedom of religion to move there and once they were a majority, passed laws making the practice of Catholicism illegal, so the family moved to Canada. They returned after the Civil War.
Fascinating history. Maybe you could write a book about your family and loss
@@miltonthomaslowe once I retire, I think that would be something I would enjoy spending time doing.
I just learned more about Catholic history from your comment than I have in my 60 years - thank you;) I did not know Maryland was a Catholic colony, or that it became illegal! Makes me think of the movie 'Gangs of New Y0rk' about the hatred of Catholicism in NY
@@Free-flyBE the contributions of Catholics to this country are overlooked and unappreciated, especially the many hospitals, schools and orphanages. There's a movie coming out soon called Cabrini, about an Italian nun, Frances Cabrini, who established 67 of them around the world, but she started in New York.
@@jonwolff8222 awesome; look forward to it;)
What a very different world it would be today if only the pope had let Henry VIII get divorced.
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Thanks as always Steve! Your support means a lot!
How any fool can defend the dissolution of the monasteries is beyond me, Henry VIII was truly a psychopath had no morals, much like the royals of today aka Prince Andrew.
@@larrytonge4104 the great thing these days is ......there not in charge any more
Very cool you show Whitby Abbey. I'm from whitby and I see this place daily from the other side of town.
That was a very fair and balanced account of the dissolution, covering all the important aspects. Loved the footage of the ruins that accompanied the narration, giving a sombre and rather haunting aspect. Thanks for all your hard work bringing history to light!
I love to try and visualise these abbeys in their heyday with beautiful stained glass windows, they must have been magnificent.
You'd better do a video on the ruined castles that Cromwell knocked about a bit after the Civil war!! Starting with Corfe castle in Dorset!
Have you heard of a mysterious tunnel that was just uncovered recently? It was discovered nearby Tintern Abbey in Wales, one of many abbeys that was destroyed under Henry VIII's reign.
Leading to the Tannery?
Thanks for doing these! With such consistency as well.
The church in the UK still owns a lot of land and property
I love you’re channel and learning more about our history. Thank you for you’re videos and long may they continue!
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Thanks Paige! You're too kind!
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Thanks for your kind words Rob, it means a lot! It's something i'd look at at some point!
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Apart from the immense human cost of the dissolution, it was such an architectural and cultural loss.
I alway cringe when I hear about such magnificent buildings and artwork being destroyed.
Aye, all that art work, architecture, the beautiful windows etc destroyed by fanatical fools led by fanatical crooks lost for ever. But the greed of the Catholic Church & the Papacy played the biggest part in their own downfall with such obscenities as indulgences & the hard selling & religious arm twisting that went with it. Still, as you say it’s heartbreaking. Our own version of the Taliban was at work back then, their ghastly handiwork still visible to those of us who love to visit old church’s etc.
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Well done. Very well researched
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The 1500s were very dark times
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Thanks for your kind words! :)
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I appreciate your organic footage.
This is partly why we've never trusted southerners, and especially anyone named Cromwell.
Thanks for another great lesson .😊
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Thanks for your kind words Benedict! :)
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Henry was ruthless just because he could not get a divorce he went after Abbeys and monasteries than killed anyone resisted his power grab
henry didn't lift a finger. people did it.
@@keetahbrough But he ordered it anyone did not obey him was going to pay just like Hitler he did not kill the Jews bt his own hand but he order his men to do the murdering of Jews throughout Europe
@@keetahbrough they wouldn’t dare to do it without his consent!
What a load of bigoted cobblers, Henry should have had an annulment - no divorce was contemplated uor possible. The reason he did not was because Catherine of Aragon was the aunt of Charles V , Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain, and no mere bishop of Rome would have thwarted by him. The dissolution of the Jones tries freed up the capital to convert England into a major commercial power. And a good deal of the monastic wealth was built on corruption.
@@alecblunden8615 First of all I agree should have allowed to to have his marriage annulled or allowed to to divorce Catherine but Henry was power hungary. What he did to the monasteries and Abbeys was wrong yes some abused their power in the name of religion but many were very humble and lived monest. Henry was tyrant and would do anything to to gain more wealth and power and anyone who stands in his way they would lose their head .
Please cover Selby Abbey, Pretty much the Best Survivor of the Dissolution
He had incredible girth
very rotund possible almost the size of a Volkswagen bug
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Thanks untoldpast. 🙂
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i If the English Parliament had'nt been so obsequious and supine in the face of Henry's tyranny it would have pointed out that he was merely being opportunistic when it came to revenue raising. In the long run the move cost the the taxpayer more by removing the monastic " outdoor relief" which was the safety net for the large number of destitute. With this gone -and thousands facing starvation- there was no choice but to introduce the system of Poor Law relief funded, of course, by the taxpayer.
You see folks? This is why we don't want kings (authoritarian s) in this country.
He was a rotter through and through.
lol. he didn't do anything wrong. The people who carried out his orders did a WHOLE LOT WRONG. let's let the people take some responsibility here. They followed bad orders. Morons.
@@keetahbrough who gave the orders? Man had a lot to answer for.
I dont completely agree with everything you said, but all in all an excellent video. I enjoy your series.
It was Henry 8th that got me interested in History at school
I often wonder what level of Hell this King resides in?
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Hey ,I haven't. finished my fourteenth course yet !
A monastery. A huge organisation, funded by tithes (taxes) from people who couldn't afford it, to enable a tiny number of monks to pray. Owning huge swathes of land and making huge amounts of money.
No-one mourned for the monasteries.
Monasteries offered a lot more than just a place for monks: they educated; transcribed documents; feeding hungry. If the Abbot was corrupt, yes, abuses could more easily occur but give them their due.
Do you have plans to do one on afonso henrique? evpaty kolovrat?
I have so many dumb questions and statemets. I'd like to see a documentary on what happened to the people once they were done. Many were hired, fed, schooled (must have really hurt women), taught trades and were hospialized, kids left re: orphanage, etc.. If big ones hired farm hands outside of those that worked their own, did they sell it to landowners or give those tending it some or the position to work with new owners? I know when they started the Poor Laws, but what happened inbetween? For the greedy ones, oh well; But for the pious that served all their lives, were called to this, to be turned out... to do what? Some got pensions but what would a former nun do during those days? They couldn't practice their religion, what did they wear, where did all of them end up working, what fields? Had the King or other non catholic or seculars built hospitals, orphanages, plenty of schools to replace these before this happened? What happened to the few books that weren't burned from precious libraries, many labored on forever by monks. Just the Aristotle, non catholic subjects or just happenstance? Were book dealers a come up after this period?
The dissolution of the convents and monasteries folowed a trend that had already commenced in Europe
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If this hadn’t have happened I could imagine there would have been thousands of woman scholars during the 1700s or earlier, unlike the grammar schools in the 1600s that only allowed men and boys of the middle class or higher Convents would educate girls of the surrounding area no matter what class they were
How did they destroy the Abbey's?
Anyone else see a face in the wall at 10:48? Freaky!
If your watching this because your history teacher gave this to you. That’s why I’m here too
Pls help me
Henry didn't NEED a male heir. The man who could despoil the monasteries and decide that he was England's pope, certainly had the power over parliament simply to declare that one of his daughters was the monarch. Poof! Stroke of the pen, done!
The church wasn’t such a good thing for everyone in these days, all people had to go to church once a week and pay up or they would eventually suffer for not paying the church their weekly debt, so I bet a lot of people were quietly happy about the dissolution at the time!
Henry required all residents to pay to his new church or face fines and brutal punishment.
Not true. When the monasteries were destroyed the people’s access to health care, education , and basic helps came to an end. You don’t think the majority of oligarchs who took over their properties cared about providing those do you?
@@gregorystark978 Yes- that’s exactly what happened.
@Chuck's poke No. Greed and greedy people explain what he did. Why did he have to force his subjects to conform if they felt so oppressed? Read a reliable history. Base your opinion on solid research.
So much death and destruction in the name of religion.
Agreed! Stay tuned for more on this tomorrow!
RELIGION OR GREED? I suspect the latter. BTW the builders of these magnificent ruins should be given gold medals. Imagine trying to build on in this day and age....no too expensive! 17/03/2121
@@ianrobinson8974 Such ruins always fascinate me as to how they were built and would have looked once they were finished. Trying to build one today, as you say, "too expensive".
Henry, Wolsey, Cromwell--nice guys.
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This remains a stain on the history of our people, and one of the most tragic disasters in the annals of the history of the English-speaking peoples. Many of the accusations of corrupt monastics were groundless and highly exaggerated by Protestant revolutionaries and reformist upstarts, yet these claims still persist to this day. If Britain were still great, if it were a godly, truly Orthodox Catholic country, as it once was, then it would restore it’s churches and it’s deep monastic tradition. ✝️🏴🇬🇧🙏🗡🤺
Breaking the corruption of the Catholic Church in England was the best thing old Henry ever did. For that he's a true legend
Agreed. Long live the King!
Is the name Viii from asia?
Roman numerals for the number 8.
henry the 8th said: *dissolve the monasteries*. And everyone else DID IT. He didn't lift a fkn finger. The people did all the horror and murdering acts. Henry didn't actually do a thing.
...kinda like a hitler,. eh ? humans have not changed, for nearly 6000 years....so Cain rose up and slew his brother......we've been the spawn of this, ever since...
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To an orthodox Christian this is like watching two monkeys fighting