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.
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.