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The Dissolution Of The Monasteries: Mindless Violence Or Planned Precision?


The dissolution of the monasteries: mindless violence or planned precision?
The dissolution of the monasteries has long been cast as an orgy of mindless violence unleashed by a hot-headed Henry VIII. Yet this was a precision-planned operation, writes Hugh Willmott, and wanton destruction wasn’t its primary aim
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February 1, 2021 at 1:27 pm
The dissolution of the monasteries was the greatest single act of vandalism in English, and perhaps European history,” undertaken by “a grasping and tyrannical king, and effected through… ruthless, cynical and philistine men.” So wrote the architectural historian Sir Howard Colvin in an essay on the topic in 1999. ....

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New book sheds light on history of mansion


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Lord John Hussey and his household enjoyed a Yuletide far removed from any that will be seen in modern times, certainly in 2020: dozens of guests were fed on whole oxen, a boar’s head, swans and cranes, and were entertained by performances from no fewer than nine troupes of travelling players, for instance.
The festive throwback forms part of Old Place, New Perspectives, a new book published by the Old Sleaford Heritage Group, sub-titled: A History of the Manor House of Old Sleaford, Lincolnshire.
The book chronicles the sometimes turbulent history of the building, also known as Old Place, from its construction by Hussey in the 1530s (then known as Manor Place) up to its present-day incarnation, which retains some of the original Tudor fabric. ....

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