Assertion: pope | /r/CapableOf | encroach on the rights of the monks
Facets:
value: gradually
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Popes and sovereigns gradually encroached on the rights of the monks, until in Italy the pope had usurped the nomination of all abbots, and the king in France, with the exception of Cluny, Premontré and other houses, chiefs of their order.