Church Comparison Flashcards
3 ways that the church was so powerful
Wealth- collected money called tithes
Land - bishops owned large area of land
Laws - church heavily involved in legal trials
What had William ensured about the church by 1088
That the Norman’s had replaced the Anglo Saxons with all the leading positions on the church including the replacement of of Archbishop of Canterbury stingand with the reformer lanfranc
How did the church create control,
Praised the king and taught people their role in society
Involved in shire courts and other legal processes where Gods will needed to be interpreted
What did the church teach
Reading and writing
Why could the church create power struggle with the king
Government depended in the church
Could advise on legal matters
Advise the king because abbots and bishops were educated and literate
What laws did arch bishop stigand break
Main one pluralism
He led two roles at once (arch bishop of Canterbury and bishop of Winchester)
Why did stigand chose to support other leaders over the pope
He was excommunicated by 5 pope in a row and excluded from the church for pluralism holding two positions at once so he started to follow other people and act if he knows better than the pope
Simony
Taking money for your own gain
Stigamd gave people high profile jobs jn then church that made him rich (nepotism )
Advisor to kings
Close link to anglo Saxon kings
Used influence to make them seem more important
Increased power of the church
He replaced the Anglo-Saxon Archbishop Stigand with lanfranc
Lanfranc reinforced strict hierarchy
The king could appoint successors wanna Bishop died vicious also paid homage to the king who oversaw church council is an approved key decisions the king used this power potential Norman Church paid allegiance
Bishops with a head of cathedrals cathedrals had control over all churches in the area known as diocese 
Normanisatioon of the church
Increased spirituality
