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Mortmain Legislation and the English Church 1279-1500 (Paperback)
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Mortmain Legislation and the English Church 1279-1500 (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Third Series
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This is a comprehensive survey of medieval English mortmain
legislation from both the point of view of the crown and that of
the Church. It examines methods of enforcement and evaluates their
success. It traces the emergence of licensing policies and the
increasing exploitation of licences for fiscal purposes, while at
the same time establishing that this was not their original
purpose. The extent to which the Church was acquiring land on a
threatening scale by the later thirteenth century is questioned,
and the effects of the legislation on subsequent acquisition are
assessed against the background of new fashions in ecclesiastical
patronage and a more hostile economic climate. The statutes of 1279
and 1391 are well known. What this study shows is how much
variation lay behind the apparently straightforward system of
licensing and how closely the issue of mortmain tenure was related
to wider social, political and economic considerations.
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