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…to have a parliament. Paradox If you look at the event in which Henry sold off his monastic lands, 1536, it is paradoxical as on the one hand, Henry sold his land in order to gain more money and his financial situation had a zenith, a surplus, but on the other hand the monasteries could have meant long term stability. So, in strengthening Henry in the short term but it weakened monarchy in the long term.