the papacy shared the profits. What monarchs and bishops alike wanted “was not the elimination of the charges, but their own cut. A considerable share of ‘papal’ exactions actually stayed in local pockets, clerical and lay
the papacy shared the profits. What monarchs and bishops alike wanted “was not the elimination of the charges, but their own cut. A considerable share of ‘papal’ exactions actually stayed in local pockets, clerical and lay