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stable economy and agricultural society. The monks were under direct protection of the
Emperor. Anyone attacking the monastery could expect to be heavily fined and even attacked by the imperial army. This was an effective way to stop marauders and warring families in the Middle Ages. It is in the light of this management of the frontier by Otto I that the abbey was established. It was part of a monastic building campaign carried out in the regions of the Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Two others foundations during this time and in this vicinity are the monastery Santa Maria di Mogliano (South-East of Treviso) in 997 and
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Otto I wanted the marches area stabilized by people he could trust. An effective way of accomplishing this was to found monasteries and grant them the land so that they rather than a secular lord could hold it for him. Settlers would then come and farm the land for the monks, thereby creating a
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Through the port the most important trade good would have been lumber, which was abundant in the area of
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the farms (each farm supported a family of settlers), houses, lands, vineyards, meadows, pastures, woods, hunting rights, fisheries, mills, roads and the income and revenues of the grants.
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