Journal of Religious History· 2026Q2
The Obligations of Exempt Monasteries: The Practice in England
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Short summary
Fourteenth-century English exempt monasteries had more flexible and negotiable papal obligations than theoretical frameworks suggest.
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Key points
- Examines papal obligations for English exempt monasteries in the 14th century.
- Utilizes extensive surviving sources from the period.
- Contrasts theoretical obligations with actual practice.
- Concludes obligations were fluid, negotiable, and responsive.
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Abstract
Abstract This note draws on the extensive sources surviving from the fourteenth century to examine, in the light of debates about the medieval papacy, the observance by English houses of papal obligations imposed on exempt monasteries. It concludes that these arrangements, reflecting the complex history of exemption, were more fluid, negotiable and responsive than they might have appeared in theory.
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