It took God six days to create the heavens and Earth. Max Hastings writes about thirteen days in 1962 when Mankind tried to destroy a good part of His work.
A conscientious author would conclude such an enormous subject can only be done justice in two volumes and then by just touching on the important bits.
Some monasteries were dissolved more thoroughly than others. As you can see Shaftesbury Abbey was dissolved as thoroughly as an Alka- Seltzer in a tooth mug.