The dissolution commission ignored books though libraries were the largest in England

Evidence

It is striking that this initial commission never even mentioned books, bizarrely so, since at this point the monastic libraries contained the largest collections of books in the country. — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 245

Categorization

  • corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 245
  • XREF: connects to: Monastery dissolution caused England’s largest land transfer since 1066 — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 245