IMC 2012: Sessions
Session 520: The Rules for Archbishops of Canterbury, 1070-1170
Tuesday 10 July 2012, 09.00-10.30
| Organiser: | Sally N. Vaughn, Department of History, University of Houston, Texas |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Jay Diehl, Department of History, Long Island University, New York |
| Paper 520-a | Lanfranc and Anselm: Making the Rules (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Mentalities, Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 520-b | Ralph d'Escures, William of Corbeil, and Theobald of Bec: Following the Rules (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Mentalities, Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 520-c | Becket: Breaking the Rules? (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Mentalities, Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Abstract | Archbishops Lanfranc (1070-89) and Anselm (1093-1109) of Canterbury initiated a new phase in England's church as successive archbishops after the Norman Conquest, setting a pattern for ideal 'right order' for Canterbury. Anselm's astute handling of the English Investiture Controversy spared England the trauma of the German controversy, and established a model for his successors Ralph d'Escures, William of Corbeil, and Theobald, who applied Anselm's lessons to their interactions with king and pope over Canterbury's primacy in England: the king's authority and personal relationship with his archbishop. In turn, did Becket likewise strive to follow Anselm's model, with disastrous, unforeseen results? |