The Patrimony of the Roman Church in the Time of Gregory the Great
The Patrimony of the Roman Church in the Time of Gregory the Great
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II. The word capitatio is generally employed to mean the poll-tax but is sometimes used of the land-tax.
70 THE ORGANISATION [ch.
to be seized by the Treasury, or, as Salvian relates, made over their lands to other persons, continuing to occupy the lands as tenants, or even themselves be- came coloni 1 or slaves 2 on the lands of the rich. Gregory tells us that in Corsica many unfortunate possessores were forced to sell their children into slavery or themselves to fly to the Lombards and so esc...ape from the Roman dominions 3 .
^ The Church, in common with every other land- owner, was forced to contribute its share to this oppressive tax, which is often referred to as the "debitum ecclesiae, " and it seems that even the churches had difficulty in paying the tax. Gregory mentions that the church of Pagliari could not pay the tributum as its coloni had migrated to the lands of other owners 4, and in the seventh century the 'HRoman Church was unable to pay the land-tax on its patrimonies of Bruttium and Lucania, with the result that its coloni were seized by the revenue officials as pledges 5 .
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
II. The word capitatio is generally employed to mean the poll-tax but is sometimes used of the land-tax.
70 THE ORGANISATION [ch.
to be seized by the Treasury, or, as Salvian relates, made over their lands to other persons, continuing to occupy the lands as tenants, or even themselves be- came coloni 1 or slaves 2 on the lands of the rich. Gregory tells us that in Corsica many unfortunate possessores were forced to sell their children into slavery or themselves to fly to the Lombards and so esc...ape from the Roman dominions 3 .
^ The Church, in common with every other land- owner, was forced to contribute its share to this oppressive tax, which is often referred to as the "debitum ecclesiae, " and it seems that even the churches had difficulty in paying the tax. Gregory mentions that the church of Pagliari could not pay the tributum as its coloni had migrated to the lands of other owners 4, and in the seventh century the 'HRoman Church was unable to pay the land-tax on its patrimonies of Bruttium and Lucania, with the result that its coloni were seized by the revenue officials as pledges 5 .
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