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Military and Ecclesiastical Building

In: Barriers to Growth

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  • Eric L. Jones

    (University of Buckingham)

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Construction booms followed the Norman Conquest of 1066; one involved building castles, the other cathedrals and parish churches. By 1200 there were 8500 to 9000 parish churches, mostly of stone. Even allowing for the secular use of churches, funds were diverted from productive sectors. The real burden of both military and ecclesiastical building nevertheless decreased during later centuries. The trend was scarcely countered by palaces instead of castles, renewed church decoration (abolished at the Reformation) and new nineteenth-century churches. The very long term saw a reduction in the proportionate burden of materially unproductive structures.

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  • Eric L. Jones, 2020. "Military and Ecclesiastical Building," Palgrave Studies in Economic History, in: Barriers to Growth, chapter 0, pages 13-18, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palscp:978-3-030-44274-3_2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-44274-3_2
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