A Monk’s-Eye View

As an aside, if you're at all interested in this period of history, I highly recommend Hilary Mantel's "Wolf Hall" trilogy about Thomas Cromwell and his time spent administrating for Wolsey and Henry VIII.

Cromwell must surely be one of history's greatest "fixers". His legacy is immense, despite not being the top dog. What is it they say about the most important jobs in the world have "Secretary" in the title?

I knew an American Benedictine who in retirement was appointed the titular abbot of Tewksbury Abbey. In Wolsey's day, it was economically rewarding to be appointed abbot in absentia: you could collect your cut of the monastery's revenues. But of course this appointment brought no income.

(And I realize as I write this that I have no idea who appointed him. The Vatican? The English Benedictine order corporately?)

This book is “..likely to be highly relevant four or five years hence” according to Tyler Cowen

https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2022/01/wh...

Presumably referring to the collapse of the prestige of universities.