# Thomas Cromwell — Religion and the Rise of Capitalism character guide

> Thomas Cromwell in Religion and the Rise of Capitalism by R. H. Tawney.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Thomas Cromwell, Cromwell

**First appearance:** 0003-religion-and-the-rise-of-capitalism

## Who they are

Chief minister to Henry VIII, key in English Reformation.

## In the story

### [The Land Question](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/religion_and_the_rise_of_capitalism_se/chapters/i-the-land-question)

Instrumental in the dissolution of the monasteries and the redistribution of church lands, contributing to the agrarian crisis.

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/religion_and_the_rise_of_capitalism_se/chapters/endnotes)

Cromwell is noted for discovering the lack of a single social theory uniting Puritan factions.

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