The Dissolution of the Monasteries
The Dissolution of the Monasteries The first account of the dissolution of the monasteries for fifty years--exploring its profound impact on the people of Tudor England "This is a book about people,…
Specifikacia The Dissolution of the Monasteries
The Dissolution of the Monasteries
The first account of the dissolution of the monasteries for fifty years--exploring its profound impact on the people of Tudor England "This is a book about people, though, not ideas, and as a detailed account of an extraordinary human drama with a cast of thousands, it is an exceptional piece of historical writing."--Lucy Wooding, Times Literary SupplementShortly before Easter, 1540 saw the end of almost a millennium of monastic life in England. Their closure, carried out in just four years between 1536 and 1540, caused a dislocation of people and a disruption of life not seen in England since the Norman Conquest.Drawing on the records of national and regional archives as well as archaeological Until then religious houses had acted as a focus for education, literary, and artistic expression and even the creation of regional and national identity.
Dissolution Sansom C. J.