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Dissolution of the Monasteries

1536–1541 disbanding of religious residences by Henry VIII

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en-US/ˌdɪsəˈluʃən ʌv ðə ˈmɑnəsˌtɛɹiz/

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legal actstate seizing of church propertySuppression of Monasteries