The Dissolution of the Monasteries: a Quantitative Investigation Period: 16th-19th century Area: England

我的论文试图使用1535年《勇气传道书》中列出的教会财产的详细记录来检查1536年开始的修道院解散的短期、中期和长期影响。该项目将被分成三篇论文，每一篇论文都建立在之前收集的数据的基础上，以解决解散的不同方面。第一个将考察第一轮解散后立即爆发的一系列叛乱，利用僧侣存在和活动的差异来预测叛乱的爆发。第二个将更深入地研究《勇气》中列出的预算项目，以审查立即拆除寺院贫穷的救济、教育、基础设施维护和对当地社区的朝圣职能的影响。最后，最后一篇论文将使用更多关于长期经济发展和作物生产的数据来检验解散对后来的经济结构和生产力的长期影响，特别是在农业部门。

My thesis seeks to use the detailed record of Church property laid out in the Valor Ecclesiasticus of 1535 to examine the short-, medium-, and long-run impacts of the Dissolution of the Monasteries which began in 1536. The project will be split into three papers, each building on previous data collection to address a different aspect of the Dissolution. The first will examine the series of rebellions which broke out immediately after the first round of the Dissolution, using differences in monastic presence and activities to predict the outbreak of rebellion. The second will look deeper into the budget items laid out in the Valor in order to examine the effects of the immediate removal of monasteries' poor relief, education, infrastructure maintenance, and pilgrimage functions for local communities. Finally, the last paper will use additional data on long-term economic development and crop production to examine the long-run effects of the Dissolution on later economic structure and productivity, particularly in the agricultural sector.