Notes on the Lands of the Roman Church in the Early Middle Ages
Peter Partner
The great landed wealth of the Roman Church both before and after foundation papal state in eighth century is well known. It also known that Muslim invasions political breakdown which took place Italy ninth tenth centuries destroyed ancient organisation lands, succeeding two a new partly feudal landowning emerged territory. But it not at all clear what this decline Carolingian system meant terms administration extent church property, connected changes relations with local nobility. present short notes have been compiled an attempt to shed modest amount light on matter. Our possession letters Gregory Great has given us some knowledge patrimonies. even came into being century, there had already big since Gregory's time—the corn supply charitable works Rome through diaconates, re-organisation many estates larger aggregates as domus cultae . Both these measures tended centralise control over economic life District, but second I am mainly concerned here. My business, however, growth system, its earlier nature development refer only briefly.
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