why did henery v111 close the monasteries?

Answer 1

HENRY VIII th closed the monasteries because he broke away from the Catholic Church headed by The Pope in Rome. He set himself up as the head of the church in England and forced priests and other religious to swear allegiance to him and to renounce Rome and the Pope. Those who refused lost their heads literally. In retaliation he also closed the monasteries because they housed those clerics who opposed him.

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Answer 2

Too much money and many of them were corrupt. Monastaries were part of the Catholic Church which Henry VIII did away with and replaced it with the Church of England after not being able to get a dispensation from the Pope to divorce Catherine of Aragon.

Answer 3

Henry VIII closed the monasteries because he broke away from the Catholic church after the pope refused to grant him an annulment from his first wife, Catherine of Aragon. He was carrying on with Anne Boleyn, who refused to sleep with him until he married her, making her queen of England. The pope refused to grant the annulment because he was afraid of upsetting, well, everyone else in Europe, not to mention the king of Spain, Catherine's father, Ferdinand (of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic Kings). Henry broke from the church, declared himself head of the Church of England (the Anglican church), and granted himself a divorce. He technically had reason to get an annulment - his brother was married to Catherine of Aragon for a few months before he died, but Catherine maintained her virginity. She said the marriage was never consummated (its a sin to marry your brother's wife). So, when Henry did that, he helped out the Protestant movement that was already taking over Europe anyway, sacked the monasteries, and either kept the land for himself, or gave it away to loyal nobles. Several years later, after all of this trouble, Anne Boleyn was accused of treason, witchcraft, adultery, and incest, and was beheaded, much to Henry's embarassment. The English never really liked her anyway.

Answer 4

If you mean henry the VIII or 8th, he probably closed the monastaries because he started his own sect of christianity called the church of England, so he could get a divorce. he wanted to divorce his wifes for failing to produce a male heir (baby)

Answer 5

I think he considered them too rich and therefore too powerful. Also many were basically Catholic and as he wanted to be head of the C of E, they were thorns in his side. So......

Answer 6

Because their teachings about "Thou shalt not kill," went against his principles....