Within the turmoil of the Norman Conquest, did religious institutions affect the economic outcomes of their land? Exploiting historical data about the changes in holdings’ lordship that occurred after the Conquest, we compare the economic performance of estates controlled by different types of lords. Holdings controlled by Benedictine monasteries (vis-à-vis secular lords) experienced a better performance, although, once accounting for the unchanging upper level of the feudal structure, we cannot fully disentangle this effect from the persistence of Benedictine Overlordship. A comparison with Celtic monasteries, with a different organizational structure, suggests a role for the governance structure of Benedictine monasteries.

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Ora et Guberna.圣本笃统治对中世纪英格兰的经济影响


在诺曼征服的动荡中，宗教机构是否影响了他们土地的经济成果？利用有关征服后发生的资产领主权变化的历史数据，我们比较了由不同类型领主控制的庄园的经济表现。本笃会修道院控制的财产（相对于世俗领主）的表现要好一些，尽管一旦考虑到封建结构中不变的上层，我们就无法完全将这种影响与本笃会霸主地位的持续性区分开来。与组织结构不同的凯尔特修道院进行比较，表明本笃会修道院的治理结构的作用。