The bones of the monastic hours can certainly be found in Cranmer's daily offices, but what influence did monasticism have on the development of Anglican theology? From St. Aidan's Lindisfarne community to Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries, asceticism played a significant role in the historical, political, and religious development of the theology of the Church in England. The Prayerbook assumes certain ascetic principles and abandons or ignores others.