Ora et Guberna. The Economic Impact of the Rule of St Benedict in Medieval England
利用诺曼征服后英格兰土地所有权变化的历史数据，比较不同领主控制下的庄园经济表现，发现本笃会修道院管理的庄园优于世俗领主，但无法完全排除本笃会领主制持续性的影响。
Within the turmoil of the Norman Conquest, did religious institutions affect the economic outcomes of their land? Exploiting historical data about the changes in holdings’ lordship that occurred after the Conquest, we compare the economic performance of estates controlled by different types of lords. Holdings controlled by Benedictine monasteries (vis-à-vis secular lords) experienced a better performance, although, once accounting for the unchanging upper level of the feudal structure, we cannot fully disentangle this effect from the persistence of Benedictine Overlordship. A comparison with Celtic monasteries, with a different organizational structure, suggests a role for the governance structure of Benedictine monasteries.