Why Did King Henry Viii Dissolve The Monasteries?

1.    The king needed Money

  – Economic

 2. The Monasteries were not     doing their job properly and   needed to be closed down.

              -Corrupt

3. Henry wanted to get rid of the Monasteries because they still obeyed the Pope.

                -Power

A. Monasteries were very wealthy.

F. The people who bought monastic land from Henry would support his new Church.

I. Henry could use the money to make himself a very strong king.

E. Monasteries were no longer useful, as their traditional jobs, such as copying books, were no longer needed.

G. Monks and nuns no longer obeyed there vows.

J. Some monasteries had hardly any monks left in them.

B. Henry was afraid he would fight expensive wars against the Catholic powers, after he broke with Rome.

C. Thomas Cromwell who was in charge of Henry’s new Church, supported Protestant ideas.

D. Monasteries still looked on the Pope as their leader, not Henry.

H. Monasteries reminded ordinary people of the importance of the Pope.