The economics of providence : management, finances and patrimony of religious orders and congregations in Europe, 1773 c 1930 = L'économie de la providence : la gestion, les finances et la patrimoine des ordres et congrégations religieuses en Europe, 1773-vers c 1930 / Maarten Van Dijck, Jan De Maeyer, Jeffrey Tyssens, Jimmy Koppen, eds.
Language: English, French Series: KADOC-Studies on Religion, Culture and Society ; 11 | KADOC studies on religion, culture, and society ; 11.Publisher: Leuven : Leuven University Press [2012]Description: 1 online resource (384 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:- text
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- Économie de la providence : la gestion, les finances et la patrimoine des ordres et congrégations religieuses en Europe, 1773-vers 1930
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During the French Revolution almost all monasteries and abbeys were suppressed and their possessions seized. Yet after the French Revolution many religious institutes were very successful in re-establishing themselves, sometimes accumulating large patrimonies, against the background of often hostile political forces. This book deals with the question of how the religious orders and congregations rebuilt their patrimony, a necessary prerequisite for the growth of the number of religious, educational and charitable services. The authors discuss the (real or supposed) wealth, the financial structures, and the management and juridical foundations of the orders and congregations in Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Ireland, and the United Kingdom from the late eighteenth century to the 1930s.
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