
Cathedrals: from bishops' seats to tourist hotspots
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The Difference Between Monks and Canons
Monks live in a community. Canons, on the other hand, live individually. And many cathedrals still have the appearance round them of a village with a green and individual houses. Back in o saxon times, they were often married as well, and they had children. They even passed on their posts their childrenbut when you get into the 11 hundreds, the church didn't like that and suppressed it. In 15 forty, henry the eighth dissolves the monasteries. Whats caing to happen to the cathedrals? He could actually abolished all the cathedrants. But england was lucky, if you take that view, as henry liked cathed
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