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Accounting at Durham Cathedral Priory

Management and Control of a Major Ecclesiastical Corporation 1083-1540 [Hardback]

by Alisdair Dobie

    • Author

      Alisdair Dobie

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      Palgrave Macmillan

    • Published

      September 2015

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      Accounting at Durham Cathedral Priory

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      Founded in 1083, Durham Cathedral Priory was heir to the seventh century community of St Cuthbert and a major and wealthy ecclesiastical institution throughout the remainder of the medieval period until the dissolution of the monasteries under Henry VIII. This detailed study analyses the use of accounting in the administration of the house and the exploitation of its extensive resources. Durham Cathedral Priory's existence spanned almost 460 years between the late eleventh century and the dissolution of the monasteries in the reign of Henry VIII. A wealthy institution endowed with extensive estates, it experienced a number of external shocks including the effects of war, plague and climate change. This study utilizes the rich archives which survive at Durham Cathedral to examine the way in which accounting methods and systems were adopted and adapted to manage income and expenses, assets and liabilities in changing economic environments. Accounting pervaded the activities of the house: the bursars accounted for thousands of pounds of annual income and expenses; other officials accounted for individual loaves of bread from the hundreds of thousands produced and consumed annually.
      Accounting was necessary to defend the rights of St Cuthbert, Durham Cathedral's Priory's patron saint, and to justify the manner in which the monks conducted the wide range of activities undertaken by a major Benedictine house in the later Middle Ages.

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      • Author

        Alisdair Dobie

      • Book Format

        Hardback

      • Publisher

        Palgrave Macmillan

      • Published

        September 2015

      • Edition

        1st ed. 2015

      • Weight

        559g

      • Page Count

        320

      • Dimensions

        140 x 216 x 21 mm

      • ISBN

        9781137479778

      • ISBN-10

        1137479779

      • Eden Code

        4339897

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      • Author/Creator: Alisdair Dobie

      • ISBN: 9781137479778

      • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

      • Release Date: September 2015

      • Weight: 559g

      • Dimensions: 140 x 216 x 21 mm

      • Eden Code: 4339897


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