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<strong>Letters: </strong>An exhibition of medieval English art can teach us about today – and Brexit, write <strong>Andrew Hillier</strong> and <strong>David Redshaw</strong>

Rare treasures that escaped the destruction of the English Reformation show a country on the forefront of medieval and gothic art

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 Published: 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 ...