Monastic Tithes: from their Origins to the Twelfth Century

Constable, Giles

Publication Date: 1964

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Constable, Giles. Monastic Tithes: from their Origins to the Twelfth Century. Cambridge, [Eng.]: Cambridge University Press, 1964. xxi, 346 pp. Hardcover in moderately worn dust jacket. Previous owner's signature and inscription to front pastedown and front free endpaper, otherwise good. $35. * Contents: Tithes in the early Middle Ages; The Christian theory of tithes; The early practice of tithing; Carolingian legislation on tithes; Monastic possession of tithes; From the seventh to the eleventh century; The policy of the reformed papacy; Monastic possession of tithes in the twelfth century; Opposition to monastic possession of tithes; The defence of monastic possession of tithes; The end of the opposition; Monastic payment of tithes; Monastic payment of tithes before the twelfth century; The growth of monastic freedom from tithes in the first half of the twelfth century; The crisis of monastic freedom from tithes. Seller Inventory # 79113

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Title: Monastic Tithes: from their Origins to the ...

Publication Date: 1964

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included