During the English Reformation the Church of England broke away from the authority of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church, at first temporarily under Henry VIII and Edward VI and later permanently during the reign of Elizabeth I.

During the turmoil of the Protestant Reformation, he dedicated mostly to architecture ; paintings of the period, showing his increasing attention to architecture, include the Nativity of the Virgin.

During the Reformation, in 1528, its twelve altars and accompanying pictures were destroyed.

During the Protestant Reformation, some of the municipalities converted to the new faith.

During the 16th century, Scotland underwent a Protestant Reformation that made the nation Calvinist, with a strong Presbyterian Church.

During the next centuries, France experienced the Renaissance and the Protestant Reformation, as well as recurring religious conflicts and wars with other powers.

* During the Protestant Reformation and the European wars of religion, known as the Beeldenstorm in the Netherlands, Protestants destroyed traditional ( by then considered Catholic ) imagery in churches, including paintings, sculptures and other representations.

During the Counter Reformation and Baroque periods ( late 16th and 17th centuries ), the cult of Mary Magdalene saw a great, new popularity as the Catholic Church publicized her as an attractive, persusasive model of repentance and reform, in keeping with the goals of the reform Council of Trent ( 1545 – 63 ).

During the Reformation the Catholic Church was persecuted and the Dutch dioceses north of the Rhine and Waal were suspended by the Holy See.

During the medieval and Reformation eras, infant baptism was seen as a way to incorporate newborn babies into the secular community as well as inducting them into the Christian faith.

During the Reformation, Anabaptists were persecuted by Lutheran, Calvinist, Anglican and Catholic regimes.

During the Reformation, moreover, information about Middle Eastern countries in the Histories provided a basis for establishing Biblical chronology as advocated by Isaac Newton.

During the Protestant Reformation, the doctrine of transubstantiation was heavily criticised as an Aristotelian " pseudo-philosophy " imported into Christian teaching and jettisoned in favor of Martin Luther's doctrine of sacramental union, or in favor, per Huldrych Zwingli, of the Eucharist as memorial.

During the Middle Ages Zurich gained the independent and privileged status of imperial immediacy and, in 1519, was the place of origin and centre of the Protestant Reformation in German-speaking Switzerland, led by Ulrich Zwingli.

During the sixteenth century and English Reformation, King Henry VIII led the dissolution of the monasteries and many holy places were demolished.

During the Scottish Reformation, the abbey church was sacked in March 1560.

During the Reformation, authentication of scripture was governed by the discernible excellence of the text as well as the personal witness of the Holy Spirit to the heart of each man.

During the turmoil of the Reformation, Zug remained on the Catholic side of central Switzerland and retained the old faith.

During the 15th century, the abbey guesthouse was developed into a royal residence, and after the Scottish Reformation the Palace of Holyroodhouse was expanded further.

During these spates of iconoclasm, Catholic art and many forms of church fittings and decoration were destroyed in unofficial or mob actions by nominally Calvinist Protestant crowds as part of the Protestant Reformation.

During the Reformation, ownership passed to the Slavic dukes of Pomerania, who took over the island.

During the Protestant Reformation most of Tczew's inhabitants converted to Lutheranism.

During restoration work in the 1870s, the crypt which had been closed since the Reformation was refurbished and opened as a chapel, and Saint Canute once more went on display.

During the 15th century, cast iron became utilized for artillery in Burgundy, France, and in England during the Reformation.

During this time he is said to have founded a number of monasteries, including ones at Kells, Derry, and Swords.

During his reign, the revival of monasteries in England began.

During the Dissolution of the Monasteries, Catholic Church property and land was appropriated to the new Church of England, and monasteries ( including the one at Glasnevin ) were forcibly closed and fell into ruin.

During the early Middle Ages, 700 – 900 AD, many Irish religious figures went abroad to preach and found monasteries in what is known as the Hiberno-Scottish mission.

During the Kuomintang Pacification of Qinghai the Muslim General Ma Bufang destroyed Tibetan Buddhist monasteries with support from the Kuomintang government.

During Jigme Wangchuck's reign, monasteries and district governments were increasingly brought under royal control.

During the Middle Ages the Christian monasteries and missionaries such as Saint Patrick, and Adalbert of Prague propagated learning and religion beyond the boundaries of the old Roman Empire.

During the late 5th and 6th centuries true monasteries became the most important centres: in Patrick's own see of Armagh the change seems to have happened before the end of the 5th century, thereafter the bishop was the abbot also.

During the Tudor period, with Henry VIII's dissatisfaction with the Catholic Church, the monasteries were dissolved.

During the English Reformation in the 16th century, most cathedral schools were closed and replaced by new foundations funded from the dissolution of the monasteries.

During the first thousand years of Christianity trade flourished, as did culture and religion, thanks to the region's monasteries.

During the lengthy instability of the Middle Ages, the monasteries maintained and developed viticultural practices, having the resources, security, stability and interest in improving the quality of their vines.

During the Napoleonic Wars it was stripped of numerous monasteries and churches.

During the 17th century, many of the city ’ s large churches and monasteries were established, such as the monasteries of San Francisco, San Agustin, El Carmen and La Merced as well as the convents of Las Rocas, Las Monjas and Capuchinas.

During the kingdom's height between the 11th and 13th centuries, over 10, 000 Buddhist temples, pagodas and monasteries were constructed in the Bagan plains alone, of which the remains of over 2200 temples and pagodas still survive to the present day.

During the sixth and seventh centuries, Irish monasticism spread through Christian Western Europe ; Irish monks who founded these monasteries often brought Hiberno-Latin literary styles with them.

During the period between 1070 and 1150, at least ten large monasteries were founded by local nobles.

During the Joseon period, the number of Buddhist monasteries dropped from several hundred to a mere thirty-six.

During the 17th century, Žilina gained position as a center of manufacturing, trade and education and during the baroque age many monasteries and churches were built as well as the Budatín Castle.

During the colonial period, the village remained independent of Mexico City, separated by farmland and lakes, filled with haciendas and monasteries.

During the Early Middle Ages, much of the land in Obwalden was controlled by monasteries ( especially Murbach-Lucerne and Beromünster Abbey ).

During the medieval period abbeys and monasteries were centers of beekeeping, since beeswax was highly prized for candles and fermented honey was used to make alcoholic mead in areas of Europe where vines would not grow.