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merged with the Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi of Milwaukee, Wisconsin G Gilbertine Order of Canons Regular (Gilbertines) GSmp (anachronistic) 1130 1539 Gilbertine: Dissolution of the Monasteries by King Henry VIII: Revived in: 1983 (oblates in UK) 1998–2012 (Experiment in Brazil) 2017 (Canada) H Haudriettes: Early 14th century c. 1789
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.
The monasteries, being landowners who never died and whose property was therefore never divided among inheritors (as happened to the land of neighboring secular land owners), tended to accumulate and keep considerable lands and properties - which aroused resentment and made them vulnerable to governments confiscating their properties at times of religious or political upheaval, whether to fund ...
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 Abbey of Our Lady of Spring Bank, founded in 1928, was an American monastery of monks of the Cistercian Common Observance in Wisconsin. The abbey was the first monastery of the Order to be established in the United States. The community was closed in 2011.
This is a list of Carthusian monasteries, or charterhouses, containing both extant and dissolved monasteries of the Carthusians (also known as the Order of Saint Bruno) for monks and nuns, arranged by location under their present countries. Also listed are ancillary establishments (distilleries, printing houses) and the "houses of refuge" used ...
At approximately 1,350 feet (410 m) above sea level, it is one of the highest points in southeastern Wisconsin. Near Wisconsin's Ice Age Trail, it is about four miles (6.5 km) east of Erin Hills, a championship golf course which hosted the U.S. Open in 2017.
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