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Glastonbury Abbey was a monastery in Glastonbury, ... The abbey was founded in the 8th century and enlarged in the 10th. It was destroyed by a major fire in 1184, but ...
These monasteries were dissolved by King Henry VIII of England in the dissolution of the monasteries.The list is by no means exhaustive, since over 800 religious houses existed before the Reformation, and virtually every town, of any size, had at least one abbey, priory, convent or friary in it.
In 1184, a great fire at Glastonbury destroyed the monastic buildings. Reconstruction began almost immediately and the Lady Chapel, which includes the well, was consecrated in 1186. [124] The abbey had a violent end during the Dissolution and the buildings were progressively destroyed as their stones were removed for use in local building work.
New archaeological research on Glastonbury Abbey pushes back the date for the earliest settlement of the site by 200 years – and reopens debate on Glastonbury’s origin myths.
The dissolution of the monasteries, occasionally referred to as the suppression of the monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541, by which Henry VIII disbanded Catholic monasteries, priories, convents, and friaries in England, Wales, and Ireland; seized their wealth; disposed of their assets, and provided for their former personnel and functions.
The original work was created by the abbey’s monks in the Middle Ages and disappeared during the English Reformation. Page from 800-year-old bible on display at Glastonbury Abbey Skip to main ...
The abbey over which Whiting presided was one of the richest and most influential in England. About one hundred monks lived in the enclosed monastery, where the sons of the nobility and gentry were educated before going on to university. [4] As Abbot of Glastonbury, Whiting was a peer of the realm and administrator of vast estates.
Canterbury Cathedral (but also claimed by Glastonbury Abbey), both destroyed Dunstan [ a ] ( c. 909 – 19 May 988), [ 2 ] was an English bishop and Benedictine monk . He was successively Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey , Bishop of Worcester , Bishop of London and Archbishop of Canterbury , later canonised . [ 3 ]