8.6 The effect of the Conquest on the English Church Flashcards
What religion did everyone follow?
Catholic Christianity
What roles do the Catholic Church play in society?
- Religion (allow people to understand God’s law and words)
- Law (own courts and laws without the kings involvement)
- Politics (advise the King, Bishop Odo even a relative, international and has global relations)
Education and the Church?
- Education important, every literate person is a churchmen
- Most scribes work for the church
Role of scribes?
Copy books by hand, no printing press
Economic role of the church?
- own 20% land
- everybody pays 10% of everything they own to the church- tithe
- pilgrimage is another way they earn income
How does the church spend their income?
Cathedral, abbey, monastery building
Creates employment and therefore is a source of income
Role of the Church in village life
- centre of Community cohesion
- join village society together
- Everybody is together during Sundays, Holidays, Weddings, Funerals, Christenings
- Village priest source of knowledge for everyone in church and knows everyone
What is the role of pilgrimages in Norman society?
Generate income, power and influence
How does the Church play a role in the battle of Hastings 1066?
William through his religious advisor Lanfranc persuaded the Church to provide him supports that the church is corrupt in England and the current King broke paths on holy relics.
William had been given a Papal banner by Pope Alexander Il to show his
support for the Norman conquest of England.
How was the church corrupt in Anglo-Saxon England?
- Pluralism
- Simony
- Nepotism
- Breaking oath of celibacy
Define Pluralism
Holding more than one high office in the church
Define Simony
Selling Church positions
Define Nepotism
Giving high offices to the church to family members
Bishop Odo
Define oath of celibacy
Oath by churchmen about remaining pure and abstaining from sex and marriage
Give an example of corruption in the Church.
Archbishop of Canterbury Stigand was guilty of pluralism
How did Lanfranc want to change the Church?
Wanted to make them more in line with the rulings of Pope Gregory
How did Lanfranc change the church?
- Replaces all the English bishops with Norman bishops
- Made a change to architecture making the building a more grandiose Romanesque style
- organised the churches into a series of diocese governed by an Archbishop, making it similar to how the church is organised in Rome
- Involving the church with law through the creation of church courts and synods (church councils)
-He introduced new positions into the Church hierarchy. These included
archdeacons (who served bishops) and deans. He also officially ended
marriage amongst the clergy.
However the local priests and lower church positions do not change
Who is the pope when William the Conqueror is on the throne?
Pope Alexander II 1061-1073
Pope Gregory VII 1074-85
Pope Victor III 1086-1087
Who is the pope when William Rufus is on the throne?
Pope Urban II 1088-1099
Who is the pope when Henry I is on the throne?
Pope Paschal II 1100-1118
Which Archbishop did Lanfranc conflict with and why? How was this solved?
He came into conflict with Thomas, Archbishop of York. Both wanted to
show the primacy of their position (that it was the most important). Eventually, Thomas submitted to Lanfranc, but only after King William and
the Pope got involved.
How did the parish church change under Norman rule?
The role of the parish (local) church also increased. The number of parish
churches doubled from 1070 to 1170.
What was the only Anglo-Saxon cathedral which remained?
Westminster Abbey
Give an example of a Norman cathedral?
Durham cathedral
