BattlefieldsDissolution Resistance at Strata Florida Abbey 1536
Tudor

Dissolution Resistance at Strata Florida Abbey 1536

1536
Ceredigion, Wales
Era
Tudor
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Ceredigion, Wales
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Welsh local resistance
Forces
Welsh local resistance at Strata Florida
VS
Victor
Crown agents
Forces
Crown agents with armed support
Outcome
Dissolution enforced at Strata Florida despite Welsh popular resistance
The Battle

History & Significance

The dissolution of Strata Florida Abbey in Ceredigion, the great Cistercian mother church of Wales and burial place of Welsh princes, provoked significant local resistance. Welsh people who regarded the abbey as a sacred repository of Welsh national memory confronted crown agents. Armed locals had to be dispersed. The dissolution of Strata Florida was seen across Wales as a profound cultural wound.

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