Dissolution Collection

The Pilgrimage of Grace (October 1536-October 1537) - a massive protest against Henry VIIIs break with the Roman Catholic Church, the Dissolution of the Monasteries

Political ladders in the Strand
Victorian men outside the Daily Graphic looking at the political ladders on the Strand. The 1900 United Kingdom general election was held between 26 September and 24 October 1900

Ruins of Tintern Abbey
The ruins of Tintern Abbey situated in Monmouthshire, on the Welsh bank of the River Wye. Founded on May 9th 1131 by the Lord of Chepstow, dating back to the Cistercian monks

King Henry VIII of England celebrating May Day with his first queen Catherine of Aragon, circa 1509. He is dressed in anachronistic Victorian outfit of top hat, coat, chain breeches and boots

Milton Abbey, Dorset, England founded by King Athelstan in the 10th century. The medieval church burned down in 1309 and rebuilding was had barely begun before the Dissolution

The Anglican Chapel of St Leonard in Tivington, Somerset, England. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries the chapel was secularised and a fireplace installed at the east end

Divorce. by Ballarin, 1877
Divorce. Engraving by Ballarin, 1877. Colored

Cartoon, Disraeli, Northcote and the Deficit
Cartoon, Benjamin Disraeli, Tory Prime Minister, and Sir Stafford Northcote, Chancellor of the Exchequer, worrying over the Deficit

Ruins of Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire
The ruins of Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire. Date: 1880

Sawley Abbey Stonework
Carved stonework detail in the gateway of Sawley Abbey, Lancashire, England. It was an abbey of Cisterian monks from 1147 until its dissolution in 1537. Date: founded 1147

St. Benets Abbey, near Horning, Norfolk, was founded by Suneman, a hermit. King Canute built the Monastery of St. Benet-at-Holm on the same site. Survived the Dissolution Date: founded 9th century

Milton Abbey, Dorset, England founded by King Athelstan in the 10th century. The medieval church burned down in 1309 and rebuilding was had barely begun before the Dissolution

Chester Cathedral was originally a Benedictine monastery, only becoming a cathedral in 1536 on the Dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII

Empire Dissolved
Jules Favre announces to the Corps Legislatif the dissolution of the Empire

Strikers at Moscow
After the dissolution of the Duma, there is widespread discontent : workers in Moscow go on strike, demonstrators gather outside the house of the chief of police

First Battle Copenhagen
FIRST BATTLE OF COPENHAGEN British under Admirals Hyde, Parker & Nelson defeated the Danish fleet causing the dissolution of the League of Northern Powers

Death and Dissolution
Revellers are disconcerted to learn, amid their debauchery, that one of their companions is none other than Death himself !

Red Flag / Brandenburg
The Red Flag is flown at the Brandenburg Gate by German Communists who hoped that the dissolution of Imperial Germany might be turned into a more radical revolution

St Martins Priory C19
PRIORY OF SAINT MARTIN of Tours, Dover, Kent in use as a farm since the 18th century. The Gate house was to become the library of Dover College Prep School in the 1870s

St Martins Priory
PRIORY OF SAINT MARTIN of Tours, Dover, Kent in use as a farm during the 18th century. Founded in 1131 under Henry I & dissolved in 1535 under Henry VIII

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