Normanisation And Reform Of The Church Flashcards
Who was lanfrancs rival?
What did he have to do?
Thomas, archbishop of York, he had to swear an oath of loyalty to lanfranc
What were held to bring in reforms?
Synodes
What are synodes?
Councils of bishops
What did lanfranc give bishops deputies?
Greater power to ensure that they carried out reforms
What happened after 1075?
No new priests could marry, they had to follow celibacy
What were church courts set up to do?
Deal with moral crimes
What did lanfranc do I york Winchester and Ely?
Built new cathedrals and rebuilt existing ones
Why did lanfranc remove bones of English saints?
Claimed there was mitt enough evidence to prove their saintliness
What did the Normans do to Anglo Saxon parish churches?
Destroyed them to build new ones
Why did they destroy anglo Saxon churches?
As a visible reminder to all Anglo Saxons that their country had been taken over by foreign invaders
