Military and Ecclesiastical Building

Eric L. Jones
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Eric L. Jones: University of Buckingham

Chapter Chapter 2 in Barriers to Growth, 2020, pp 13-18 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract 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.

Keywords: Castle building; Cathedral and church building; Materially unproductive expenditures; Long-term reduction of real burden (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-44274-3_2

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