Differences Between Henry Viii And Edward Vi

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WHAT WERE THE MAIN CHANGES THAT TOOK PLACE TO CHURCH BUILDINGS DURING HENRY VIII AND EDWARD VI’S REIGN?

During Henry VIII and Edward VI’s reign many significant changes were made to church buildings. One church with notable changes is Glastonbury Abbey which still stands today. In this essay I shall explain many changes in church buildings.

One big change made to the Church during Henry VIII and Edward VI’s reign regards the decorative Catholic churches being stripped down to plain and simple Protestant churches. Catholic Priest’s wore robes of colour which were expensive and they were given rights which made the people unhappy. Not only this, the Pope was also head of the Church. The church buildings were filled with colour and paintings of God and had many bright cloths at the altar. Contrary to this, the Protestant churches had white washed walls and no colours that stood out. Protestant Priests were not allowed to marry but had English Bibles and held services in English unlike the Catholic services that were in Latin. Catholic churches had rood screens which made people feel separate from God though Protestants removed that as they believed that they were equal and all deserved to be close to God. When the reformation occurred, the king made himself head of Church. Most of the decorative changes, occurred during Edward VI’s reign. Images of Glastonbury Abbey show how stain glass windows were …show more content…

Nunneries and Monasteries were closed by Henry VIII as it was assumed that Nuns and Monks would stay loyal to the Pope and it was also unnecessary as England was now detached from Catholicism. Henry VIII put Thomas Cromwell in charge of the dissolution of the Monasteries and he sent out commissioners to find out what they owned, how much money they made and to report what went on inside the monasteries. Glastonbury Abbey was a monastery and when it was ruined the monks were left to wander the

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