Yes, I do assume that, because that is what the evidence points to. Other organisations in the Middle Ages were far less capable of husbanding and improving their resources than the churches. As for … (View Post)
Ironically, with the exception of the pyramids we wouldn't have had the actual work any of the examples you cite, because it was the church that preserved them... (View Post)
It did generate money, on a considerable scale, through its use of landed estates which were developed using their own resources of labour (yes, monks) to support economic activity including substant… (View Post)