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The Edict on Idle Institutions outlawed contemplative monastic orders. The act, which Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor created, permitted only monastic orders that dealt with teaching, nursing and other practical work within the Holy Roman Empire. The number of monks dropped from 65,000 to 27,000. The Holy Roman Empire also expropriated the monasteries and took their money to pay ordinary priests more. Joseph II (full name: Joseph Benedikt August Johannes Anton Michel Adam; March 13, 1741 – February 20, 1790) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1765 to 1790 and ruler of the Habsburg lands from 1780 to 1790. ... The extent of the Holy Roman Empire in c. ... The extent of the Holy Roman Empire in c. ...
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