Main entry:

Vroom, W. H. (Wilhelmus Hermanus)

Title & Author:

Financing cathedral building in the Middle Ages : the generosity of the faithful / Wim Vroom ; translation, Elizabeth Manton.

Publication:

[Amsterdam] : Amsterdam University Press, ©2010.

Description:

734 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 23 cm

Notes:
Revised and expanded English translation of author's doctoral thesis published under the title: De financiering van de kathedraalbouw in de middeleeuwen in het bijzonder van de dom van Utrecht. Maarssen : G. Schwartz, 1981.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 659-721) and index.
Pt. ONE THE SOURCES OF INCOME FOR CATHEDRAL-BUILDING IN THE MIDDLE AGES -- ch. One Managing the cathedral church: the cathedral fabric -- ch. Two Sources of income for the building works -- Introduction -- One.The bishop's contributions -- Two.The chapter's contributions -- 1.Perpetual contributions -- The fructus prebendae defunctorum -- Admission dues -- Fines -- Absence dues -- Mortuary gifts -- Prebendal incorporation -- 2.Contributions for a limited term -- 3.One-off contributions -- Three.Joint contributions from the bishop and chapter -- Four.Papal contributions -- Five.Contributions from the ruler: emperor, king and lord -- Six.Contributions from the civic administration and urban institutions -- Seven.Contributions from ecclesiastical property and fiscal sources in the bishopric -- 1.Benefices incorporated by the cathedral fabric -- 2.The annualia: profits from vacant benefices -- 3.Income from the Church's fiscal sources: the tithes
Eight.Voluntary contributions from the faithful -- 1.Veneration of relics -- 2.Indulgences -- Nine.Donations made for the fabric in the cathedral -- 1.Ordinary years -- 2.Extraordinary years -- Ten.Money collected in and outside the diocese -- 1.Short-term diocesan collections -- 2.Long-term diocesan collections: the mendicatoria -- Historical components of the mendicatoria -- The fabric confraternity -- The relic tour -- The indulgence -- The Whitsuntide procession -- The collection for the Crusades -- Different forms of contributions -- Income from indulgences -- Confraternity contributions -- Testamentary bequests -- The commutation monies -- Unlawfully acquired goods -- The financial results -- The duration of the collection campaign -- The geographical area -- Methods of collecting the contributions -- Competition from collection campaigns for other churches and ecclesiastical institutions -- pt. TWO THE FINANCING OF CATHEDRAL-BUILDING IN THE MIDDLE AGES
Ch. Three The financing of the building works at Utrecht Cathedral: a case study -- Introduction -- The Cathedral Church -- The Cathedral fabric and it's sources of income -- One.Contributions from the chapter -- 1.Contributions before circa 1525 -- The prebendae defunctorum -- Other contributions: the officium tectoris, vinalia and sigillum -- 2.Contributions after circa 1525 -- Two.Gifts and bequests -- Three.Devotional and indulgence monies offered in Utrecht Cathedral -- Four.Episcopal mendicatoria and synodal statutes -- Five.The reportationes sancti Martini -- Six.The quest monies -- Seven.Income from property: rents and annuities -- Eight.Financing transactions: the cathedral fabric as lender and borrower -- 1.Fund surpluses -- 2.A need for funds -- Nine.The sale of building materials and church treasure -- The financing of building and furnishing Utrecht Cathedral -- Cathedral versus parish church financing: the Dom and the Buurkerk in Utrecht
Ch. Four A survey of construction financing at several cathedrals -- Introduction -- One.The financing of building lodges at several cathedrals and St Peter's, Rome -- The cathedral fabric of Exeter, 1300-1514 -- The cathedral fabric of Milan: the first phase of construction, 1387-1391 -- The cathedral fabric of Osnabruck, 1477-1543 -- The cathedral fabric of Sens: construction of the transept, 1490-1517 -- The cathedral fabric of Troyes, 1294-1550 -- The cathedral fabric of Bourges: construction of the north tower, 1508-1537 -- The cathedral fabric of Toledo, 1418-1438 -- The cathedral fabric of Segovia, 1525-1650 -- The Fabbrica di San Pietro of Rome, 1506-1626 -- Two.Duration and pace of construction -- GRAPHS -- MONEY AND COINS -- NOTES -- APPENDICES -- Appendix One Medieval cathedral fabric accounts -- Appendix Two Annates -- Appendix Three List of mendicatoria -- Appendix Four Mendicatorium of Bishop-elect John of Nassau (1267-1290) for the construction of Utrecht Cathedral, 8 September 1288 -- Appendix Five Church inventory items funded by the fabric of Utrecht Cathedral, 1400-1576 -- Appendix Six Church inventory funded by the fabric of the Buurkerk, 1420-1566.

Summary:

Some praise for the Dutch doctoral thesis that formed the basis of this book.

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ISBN:

9789089640352
9089640355
9789048506026 (e-isbn)
9048506026 (e-isbn)

Subject:

Domkerk (Utrecht, Netherlands) Finance.
Catholic Church Europe Finance History To 1500.
Catholic Church Europe Finance History 16th century.
Catholic Church Finance History 16th century.
Église catholique Finances Histoire 16e siècle.
Catholic Church
Domkerk (Utrecht, Netherlands)
Cathedrals Design and construction Economic aspects Europe.
Cathedrals Europe Management History.
Architecture, Medieval Economic aspects.
Cathédrales Europe Gestion Histoire.
Architecture médiévale Aspect économique.
Religious buildings.
History of architecture.
ARCHITECTURE / History / Medieval.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History.
Cathedrals Management
Finance
Kirchenbau
Baufinanzierung
Stifter
Spende
Finanzierung Kirchenbau Geschichte Mittelalter.
Kirchenbau Finanzierung Geschichte Mittelalter.
Dom.
Europe
Europa
Utrecht Kathedrale.

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 273534
Call No.: BIB 207177
Status: Available