The landlord/tenant relationship does not at all map on to a nun and the catholic church
I disagree. If they live on church property, and their ability to do so is contingent on their doing certain kinds of work, then how is that work not comparable to a form of rent? I would concede that it has elements of both.
(unless i misunderstood and they didn’t actually live there)
That form of work they are obligated to do is to not be excommunicated. They are not charged rent.
And in either case, selling a convent off to a real estate developer isn’t some liberatory action, these women weren’t seizing property to put it into the commons or to redistribute it for the good of all, they were essentially claiming squatters rights to sell off a building to a real estate developer who was probably going to flip it. Which now that I’m saying it out loud isn’t really any worse than what the church was going to do with it.
I disagree. If they live on church property, and their ability to do so is contingent on their doing certain kinds of work, then how is that work not comparable to a form of rent? I would concede that it has elements of both.
(unless i misunderstood and they didn’t actually live there)
That form of work they are obligated to do is to not be excommunicated. They are not charged rent.
And in either case, selling a convent off to a real estate developer isn’t some liberatory action, these women weren’t seizing property to put it into the commons or to redistribute it for the good of all, they were essentially claiming squatters rights to sell off a building to a real estate developer who was probably going to flip it. Which now that I’m saying it out loud isn’t really any worse than what the church was going to do with it.