The Economic Problems of English Monasteries in the Early Fourteenth Century
This dissertation has been microfilmed exactly as received 68—2989 GORSUCH, Edwin Noah, 1939- THE ECONOMIC PROBLEMS OF ENGLISH MONASTERIES IN THE EARLY FOURTEENTH CENTURY. The Ohio State University, Ph.D., 1967 History, medieval University Microfilms, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan THE ECONOMIC PROBLEMS OF ENGLISH MONASTERIES IN THE EARLY FOURTEENTH CENTURY DISSERTATION Presented In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of The Ohio State University By Edwin Noah Gorsuch, B.S., M.A. The Ohio State University 1967 Approved by Ady^patr Department of Hl^ory VITA August 28, 1939 Born - Wauseon, Ohio 1962 .................. B.S., Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 1962-1963.............. Teaching Assistant, Department of History, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 1964 .................. M.A., Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio I96A-I967. ....... Teaching Assistant, Department of History, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio FIELDS OP STUDY Major Field: History Medieval History. Professor Franklin J. Pegues Ancient History. Professor William P. McDonald Renaissance and Reformation History. Professor Harold J. Grimm Recent American History. Professor Robert H. Bremner ii TABLE OP CONTENTS Page VITA ..................................................... 11 LIST OP ABBREVIATIONS........................ Iv INTRODUCTION........................................... 1 Chapter I. THE ECONOMIC BACKGROUND.......................... 5 II. MONASTIC ECONOMIC BURDENS...........................26 III. METHODS FOR IMPROVING AND PROTECTING MONASTIC ECONOMIC RESOURCES ............................. 61 IV. MISMANAGEMENT AND VISITATION..................... 103 V. CONCLUSION.................... 136 BIBLIOGRAPHY............................ 14? Ill LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS OCR Calendar of Close Rolls. 1302-135^» vols. London: Eyre & Spottlswoode, 1698-I906. CER Calendar of Patent Rolls. 1301~1350. 14 vols. London: Eyre and Spottlswoode, 1898-1905* Carus-Wilson, Essays Carus-Wilson, E.M.
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