Henry VIII is infamous for his dissolution of the monasteries, but not so well known for creating six new dioceses, bishops and their requisite cathedrals from abbeys spared destruction. Yet which did ...

Henry, the second son ... with Rome and establish Henry VIII as head of the Church of England. This act also brought him much needed wealth through the dissolution of the well-funded monasteries.

Beyond 'The Streets' authentic Victorian-era stores, whose wares include Burmantofts pottery and traditional tobacco, the ...

BRITAIN'S "White House" with 40 bedrooms, a ballroom and an underground swimming pool has been sold to a mystery buyer for £139m. The Holme sits alone on four acres of private land in Regent's ...

Kirkstall Abbey, founded 1152, was once home to hundreds of monks but was lost to ruin under Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries. Its remains, among the most complete in the country ...

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The Reformation split the Church into Catholic and Protestant factions, creating two roads to salvation - both of which claimed to be true. So it was very important to people that the Scottish state ...

Originally, the keep consisted of a tower, standing three to four stories tall, built in 1138 by the Bishop of Winchester, Bishop Henry ... during the Dissolution of the Monasteries that took ...

One keg of Brigid’s beer not only satisfied a monastery of monks in need of ale, it quenched the thirst of 17 more monasteries full ... by none other than Henry VIII when he ransacked Ireland ...

John Leland was the right man in the right place during Henry VIII’s reign when the monasteries were being dissolved and their priceless libraries dispersed. Dr John Chandler, an associate lecturer at ...