Henry VIII and the dissolution of the monasteries, 1536-41

King Henry VIII overseeing the dissolution of the Catholic monasteries, 1536-41. A boy steals relics, gold, crucifix, and other booty in front of a clerk and a monk. Suppression of the lesser monasteries. Copperplate engraving from M. A. Jones History of England from Julius Caesar to George IV, G. Virtue, 26 Ivy Lane, London, 1836

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