the motherhouse of Cluny itself was not endowed with relics of comparable magnificence. However, for the time that it sat on top of such a vast pyramid of reformed monasteries, during the tenth and eleventh centuries, Cluny became vastly wealthy. Besides ample donations from direct benefactors, and the money it generated from its large estates, vast riches were funneled its way thanks to its investment in the Compostela pilgrim ways.
