The Norman Church Conflict

1. Turn to the back of your books and
complete these questions
1. Where was
Harald Hardrada
killed?
2. Put the three
battles in time
order
3. What was the
Fyrd?
4. How did luck
help William at
Hastings?
5. Who fought at
Fulford Gate?

2.  To be saved through faith
and religion.
LO: To describe the role of the church during Norman
times.
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Bronze: You can
describe the problems
with the Anglo Saxon
Church.
Silver: You can explain
the methods in the
Normanisation of the
Church.
Gold: You can assess the
importance of the
Normanisation of the
Church to Williams
power.

3. Earlier we said that this unit
was about two things
The changes made by the
Normans to the English Church
The decline in relationships
between Norman kings and the
Church
Having looked at the changes,
we will now look at problems
that began to emerge between
the King and the Church.
It largely centres around one
man - William Rufus…..
LO: To describe the role of the church during Norman
times.

4. LO: To describe the role of the church during Norman
times.
Who is the king pictured here? When did he rule from and to?
Didthiskinghaveagood
relationshipwiththechurch?Why?
Describe the event depicted in the image. Why did this
happen?
Whatwasthispersonsrelationto
WilliamtheConqueror

5. LO: To describe the role of the church during Norman
times.

6. LO: To describe the role of the church during Norman
times.
Read the first section on p60
1. Why did the Church
disapprove of Rufus?
2. Read the section about
William St Calais
3. Why did Rufus put St Calais
on trial?
4. Why do you think he used a
secular (non Church) court?
EXTENSION: How does
this show that relations
between the King and
Church were
deteriorating?

7. LO: To describe the role of the church during Norman
times.
1. Why did Rufus not appoint a new
archbishop in 1089?
2. Why did he change his mind in
1093?
3. Give examples of things Anselm
was not happy about
4. Explain what the two argued about
before the Council of Rockingham
5. What compromise did they come
to?
6. Give examples of disagreements
afterwards - including what
happened in 1097
EXTENSION: In what
different ways did Rufus
try to keep power over
the Church?

8. Read ‘Simony’
1. Give two examples of how Rufus used simony
2. What did Flambard do to help Rufus?
LO: To describe the role of the church during Norman
times.