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Also music. Antonio Vivaldi was a priest, but had a special dispensation that excused him from most of the required duties. Gave him a lot of time to compose mu

• graemep 3y ago
  Very different as Vivaldi was an Italian (and presumably a Catholic priest) and he would have needed the special dispensation form his duties. What was specific to the Anglican church in England at the time was that because of the control of the church by the state and the aristocracy it was possible for people with the right connections to be just handed the job with little requirement to do it. IIRC they could even pay curate to do the actual work.
  • blacksqr 3y ago
    Thank you, my comment was intended to apply specifically to the Church of England. Any community that wanted a church was required to set aside farmland whose produce would be used to fund it, and the people had to donate their labor to work the land. So the English church had a rather unique arrangement where each parish had a source of funds independent of central government or church bureaucracy. That was the attraction of the job for intellectuals. As long as you kept your head down and didn't screw up big time, you were left alone.