ABSTRACT
EarlierBenedictinemonasterieshadbeen controlledbysecularrulers,butClunyowed itsallegiancedirectlytoRome.Thesuccess ofClunywasimmediate.Cluniacabbots advisedothermonasteriesonreformand foundedaseriesofmonasteriesandpriories owingallegiancedirectlytoCluny,thereby puttingthemunderpapalcontrol.
