Subiect: The paper is based on National Archives existing documents research and the capitalization of historical information on existing documents or from special and general works about this theme. The spiritual, cultural, but political, too, needs of Oltenia’s monastic area raised through a few centuries, with the beginning in the XIV century and extension apogee at the middle of XIX century. The extension of monastic domain didn’t lead to a participation, according to its potential, to goods exchange, during all its existence period being characterized by a natural economy. Interested social-political factors found out that there was a discrepancy between the monastic property dimensions and its resources administration which seemed to be difficult, incompatible with its spread and economic-financial potential. Community outlook noticed as tendency the incompetence of monasteries administrators to manage the huge wealth. The economic administration was not related to efficiency principles and economic profitability. In 1863 Cuza Vodă and the Romanian Government enforced the monastic properties secularization law which was indeed a national dignity act and updating act, too. The major monastic properties become state own on which Cuza will apply land reform in 1864 for thousands of peasants. Secularization has changed property ratios, after 1864 monastic property wasn’t important anymore for the country economy. Between 1864-1918, the state was concerned to provide landed properties to religious locations to assure their continuos existence. Sustainable resources for workshops were low which lead to a damaged religious life. Cultural collective outlook claimed for a new vision regarding spiritual life revival, desideratum fulfilled through the measures adopted by the Romanian state after 1918. This will consider the church one of the pillars of national energies.
