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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 57. Chapters: Banco Ambrosiano, Statutes of Mortmain, Papal mint, Patrimonium Sancti Petri, Unam sanctam, Bernardino Nogara, Bernardino of Siena, Mount of piety, Peter's Pence, Pierre de Cros, Edmund Szoka, Henry of Segusio, Vix Pervenit, Paul Marcinkus, Liber Censuum, Avignon Exchange, Latin Monetary Union, Ludovico Trevisan, Raymond of Penyafort, Apostolic Camera, Arnold of Brescia, Annates, Giacomo Antonelli, Egidio Vagnozzi, Nicola Canali, Cem, Gran Tavola, Angelo Dell'Acqua, Peruzzi, Antoninus of Florence, Bernardine of Feltre, In commendam, Alberto di Jorio, Ernesto Pacelli, Sergio Guerri, Bank of the Holy Spirit, Introitus et Exitus, Sergio Sebastiani, Statute of Provisors, Clericis laicos, Vestararius, Papal income tax, Giuseppe Caprio, Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See, Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See, Special Administration of the Holy See, Administration of the Property of the Holy See, Orlando Bonsignori, Etsi de statu, Geoffrey of Trani, Zecca, Domusculta. Excerpt: The Statutes of Mortmain were two enactments, in 1279 and 1290, by King Edward I of England aimed at preserving the kingdom's revenues by preventing land from passing into the possession of the Church. In Medieval England, feudal estates generated taxes (in the form of incidents) upon the inheritance or granting of the estate. If an estate was owned by a religious corporation that never died, attained majority, or became attainted for treason, these taxes were never paid. The Statutes of Mortmain were meant to re-establish the prohibition against donating land to the Church for purposes of avoiding feudal services which had been hinted at in the Magna Carta in 1215 and specifically defined in the Great Charter of 1217. John of England died shortly after Magna Carta was signed. Henry III of England, the son of John, did not...
