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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 by “a grasping and tyrannical king, and effected through… ruthless, cynical and philistine men....