. Sphere: territorial and spiritual.  1000.

Promote

 1000. This action takes place in one of the following buildings: Chapter House / Places of Worship. Required skills and resources:

• Management varies.

This upgrade is possible from the following types of organisations: Priory. Minimum number of vassals: 3. Can be a direct vassal of: Abbey / Archbishopric / Archduchy / Bishopric / Duchy / Empire / Grand Duchy / Grand Principality / Holy See / Kingdom / Landgraviate / Monastic Order / Monastic State / Patriarchate / Primacy / Principality / Tsardom. Requires approval of the following characters:

• At least one of the superiors of the organisation (optional).
• At least one character having one of the following titles: Pope / Patriarch / Primate / Archbishop / Bishop (excommunicated characters are ignored).

Units

Fully compatible units: Friars, Monks, Monks Builders, Monks Farmers, Monks Foresters, Trappist Monks. Other units: Winemakers (75%).

Buildings

 2500 inhabitants.  20000 m³.

Fully compatible buildings: Abbey church, Acacias, Alders, Almond Trees, Apple Trees, Apricot Trees, Ash Trees, Back gardens, Bakehouse, Bamboos, Banana Trees, Barley Field, Barn, Basketry Shop, Beeches, Beehives, Beet Field, Birches, Brewery, Bridge, Carpenter Shop, Cassava Field, Cedars, Cemetery, Chandlery, Chapel, Chapter House, Charcoal Furnace, Cherry Trees, Chestnut Trees, Christmas Tree, Clay Pit, Cloister, Clover Field, Coconut Trees, Coffee Trees, Cooper Factory, Cork Oaks, Cotton Field, Cowshed, Cypresses, Distillery, Dormitories, Ebony Trees, Fallow, Farm, Field, Firs, Flax Field, Forage Bush Field, Forage Hay Field, Forge, Fountain, Gate, Glasswort Field, Grain Mill, Hazels, Hemp Field, Heveas, Holm Oaks, Hop Field, Junipers, Kitchen, Larches, Lemon Trees, Lime Kiln, Lime Trees, Magnanery, Mahoganies, Maples, Market Square, Nail Factory, Nutmeg Trees, Oaks, Oat Field, Oil Mill, Olive Trees, Orange Trees, Orchard, Palm Trees, Paper Mill, Pear Trees, Peat Bog, Piggery, Pine Trees, Plantation, Plum Trees, Poplars, Potato Field, Quarry, Refectory, Rice Field, Rosewoods, Rum Factory, Salterns, Sandpit, Scriptorium, Sheepfold, Slate Quarry, Spruces, Square, Sugar Cane, Tannery, Tea Bushes, Teak Trees, Temple, Tool Factory, Tower, Vegetable Garden, Vines, Wall, Walnut Trees, Warehouse, Watermill, Weirwoods, Well, Wheat Field, Wheelwright Shop, Willows, Windmill, Winery, Wooden Castle, Workshop. Other buildings: Spinning Factory, Stable (75%); Archery Shop, Armoury, Avenue, Boiler Factory, Boom, Butcher's Shop, Cabinet Making Shop, Carpet Workshop, Cutlery Shop, Engineering Workshop, Fort, Foundry, Goldsmith Shop, Great pyramid, Jewelry Shop, Leather Shop, Lutherie Shop, Perfumery, Pottery, Huts, Rope Factory, Saddlery Shop, Sail Loft, Shoe Shop, Soap Factory, Statue, Tailor Shop, Tapestry Workshop, Tower of Light, Upholstery Shop, Weaving Factory (50%).

Centre of Power

The centre of power can be set in one of the following buildings: Chapter House. Once set, certain actions affecting the organisation must be carried out at this location.

Vassals

Direct vassals: Abbey, Priory, Vidamy, Commandery, Religious Foundation, on the same continent, at a maximum distance of 500 arpents if not connected by a trade route. Minimum: 3. Maximum: 6.

An abbot is a monk elected by his peers to run a monastery, an abbey or a canonical community.

Abbot
Honorary predicate: The Reverend Father.
Oral address: Dear Father.

Abbess
Honorary predicate: The Reverend Mother.
Oral address: Dear Mother.

×3. . Vassals: . Skills: Ceremony 4 /lvl, Prayer 4 /lvl, Writing 4 /lvl, Management 3 /lvl.

Claim

This action takes place in one of the following buildings: Chapter House / Places of Worship / Public Buildings. Required skills and resources:

• Management varies.
• Ceremony varies.

Requires approval of the following characters:

• At least one of the superiors of the organisation (optional).