本文旨在重新檢視亨利八世的修院政策。傳統研究將1536-1540年間的解散修院運動視為獨立的宗教事件。本文從1534至1535年間亨利政府推動的繼承法宣誓、至高權宣誓，以及修院視察入手，揭示在1536年修院大規模解散之前，亨利八世已對英格蘭的修院進行了有系統的整頓(肅)，這些作為是國王順利且全面解散修院的基礎。是以，修院解散是亨利朝官方宗教改革的一環，不是獨立的事件。而透過至高權的取得，亨利八世從羅馬教廷接收了傳統教會的「視察權」。這個視察機制，加上教會的布達與懲治機制，大幅提升了亨利八世的統治能量。以教領政的亨利八世國王因此得以完成其「官方宗教改革」與「都鐸朝政治轉型」的兩大工程，成為具有掌控能力的集權君主。

This article offers a reevaluation of the monastery policy of Henry VIII. Past research treats the Dissolution of the Monasteries of 1536-1540 as a distinct religious event. This article focuses on the Oaths of Succession and of Supremacy and monastic visitations held by Henry VIII’s government to reveal that before the large-scale dissolution carried out in 1536, Henry had already systematically “rectified” the English monasteries, and these actions laid the foundations for the success of the coming Dissolution. Thus, the Dissolution of the Monasteries was a part of the Henrician Official Reformation, not an discreet incident. By acquiring royal supremacy, Henry VIII took over the visitation system of the church. This device of visitation, with the propaganda and punishment mechanisms, augmented the ruling capacity of the king. Leading both the church and the government, Henry VIII was able to achieve the “official reformation” and the “Tudor revolution in government,” becoming a powerful centralized monarch.

官方宗教改革;都鐸朝政治轉型;修院視察;守規派;卡爾特會

Official Reformation; Tudor Revolution in government; visitations;observant Franciscan; Carthusian