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Practically, the Church was an immense vested interest, implicated to the hilt in the economic fabric, especially on the side of agriculture and land… - R. H. Tawney
" "Practically, the Church was an immense vested interest, implicated to the hilt in the economic fabric, especially on the side of agriculture and land tenure. Itself the greatest of landowners, it could no more quarrel with the feudal structure than the Ecclesiastical Commission, the largest of mineral owners today, can lead a crusade against royalties.
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About R. H. Tawney
Richard Henry Tawney (30 November 1880 – 16 January 1962) was an English academic, economist, historian, and a leading advocate of Christian socialism.
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