Laypeople and Property
The formulas show us property transactions among laypeople that are fundamentally similar to those between and ecclesiastical institutions we see in the extant charters. Laypeople sold or gave each other, exchanged it with they used documents do it. However, broaden our view of sorts engaged who them. For example, different kinds changed hands: not simply arable but also vineyards, plots land within cities, even townhouses. People as security for loans. arranged hold benefices, so-called precarial grants, only from churches/monasteries kings other. One person a benefice arrangement king pass chosen heir, much same way others did monasteries. evidence these arrangements suggests lay families dominate charter record reflect part larger culture, which variety people Carolingian world create maintain ties
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