Category: History - British

The English Church in the Middle Ages

St. Augustin's Mission--Pope Gregory's Scheme of Organization-- Causes of its Failure--Foundation and Overthrow of the See of York--Independent Missions--The See of Lindisfarne--Scottish Christianity--The Schism--The Synod of Whitby--Restoration of the See of York 1

Chapters

18. CHAPTER IX.

ECCLESIASTICAL CHARACTER OF THE REIGN--ARCHBISHOPS AND THEIR ECCLESIASTICAL ADMINISTRATION--PROVISIONS--STATUTE OF PROVISORS--OF PRAEMUNIRE--REFUSAL OF TRIBUTE--RELATIONS BETWEE...

17. CHAPTER VIII.

CHARACTER OF THE REIGN OF EDWARD I.--ARCHBISHOP PECKHAM--STATUTE OF MORTMAIN--CONQUEST OF WALES--CIRCUMSPECTE AGATIS--EXPULSION OF THE JEWS--CLERICAL TAXATION AND REPRESENTATION...

15. CHAPTER VI.

STEPHEN AND THE ENGLISH CHURCH--ARCHBISHOP THEOBALD AND HENRY OF WINCHESTER--THOMAS THE CHANCELLOR--THE SCUTAGE OF TOULOUSE--THOMAS THE ARCHBISHOP--CLERICAL IMMUNITY--THE ARCHBI...

14. CHAPTER V.

THE CONQUEROR AND LANFRANC--CANTERBURY AND YORK--SEPARATE ECCLESIASTICAL SYSTEM--REMOVAL OF SEES--EXTENT AND LIMITS OF PAPAL INFLUENCE--THE CONQUEROR'S BISHOPS--CHANGE IN THE CH...

16. CHAPTER VII.

THE ALLIANCE BETWEEN THE CHURCH AND THE CROWN--CORONATION OF JOHN--QUARREL BETWEEN JOHN AND THE POPE--THE INTERDICT--VASSALAGE OF ENGLAND--THE GREAT CHARTER--PAPAL TUTELAGE OF H...

13. CHAPTER IV.

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PERIOD--RENEWED SCANDINAVIAN INVASIONS--LEGISLATION--ARCHBISHOP AELFHEAH: HIS MARTYRDOM--END OF THE DANISH WAR--CNUT AND THE CHURCH--THE KING'S CLERKS--SP...

12. CHAPTER III.

Before the end of the eighth century the Northmen laid waste Lindisfarne, Jarrow, and Wearmouth. Civil disorder, however, was well nigh as fatal to the Church in the north as th...

11. CHAPTER II.

Among the victims of the plague of 664 was Archbishop Deusdedit, the first English successor of Augustin. After the see of Canterbury had lain vacant for three years, Oswiu, who...

10. CHAPTER I.

ST. AUGUSTIN'S MISSION--POPE GREGORY'S SCHEME OF ORGANIZATION--CAUSES OF ITS FAILURE--FOUNDATION AND OVERTHROW OF THE SEE OF YORK--INDEPENDENT MISSIONS--THE SEE OF LINDISFARNE--...

9. CHAPTER IX. THE PAPACY AND THE PARLIAMENT.

Ecclesiastical Character of the Reign of Edward III.-- Archbishops and their Ecclesiastical Administration-- Provisions--Statute of Provisors--Statute of Praemunire-- Refusal of...

8. CHAPTER VIII. THE CHURCH AND THE NATION.

Character of the Reign of Edward I.--Archbishop Peckham-- Statute of Mortmain--Conquest of Wales--Circumspecte Agatis-- Expulsion of the Jews--Clerical Taxation and Representati...

4. CHAPTER IV. EXHAUSTION.

Characteristics of the Period--Renewed Scandinavian Invasions-- Legislation--Archbishop AElfheah: his Martyrdom--End of the Danish War--Cnut and the Church--The King's Clerks--S...

7. CHAPTER VII. VASSALAGE.

The Alliance between the Church and the Crown--Coronation of John--Quarrel between John and the Pope--The Interdict-- Vassalage of England--The Great Charter--Papal Tutelage of...

5. CHAPTER V. ROYAL SUPREMACY.

The Conqueror and Lanfranc--Canterbury and York--Separate Ecclesiastical System--Removal of Sees--Extent and Limits of Papal Influence--The Conqueror's Bishops--Change in the Ch...

6. CHAPTER VI. CLERICAL PRETENSIONS.

Stephen and the English Church--Archbishop Theobald and Henry of Winchester--Thomas the Chancellor--The Scutage of Toulouse-- Thomas the Archbishop--Clerical Immunity--The Archb...

1. CHAPTER I. ROME AND IONA.

St. Augustin's Mission--Pope Gregory's Scheme of Organization-- Causes of its Failure--Foundation and Overthrow of the See of York--Independent Missions--The See of Lindisfarne-...

3. CHAPTER III. RUIN AND REVIVAL.

Ruin of Northumbria--AEthelwulf's Pilgrimage--Danish Invasions of Southern England; the Peace of Wedmore--Alfred's Work-- Character of the Church in the Tenth Century--Reorganiz...

2. CHAPTER II. ORGANIZATION.

Archbishop Theodore--His Work in Organization--New Dioceses-- Wilfrith's Appeals to Rome--Literary Greatness of Northumbria-- Parishes--Tithes--The Church in Wessex--A Third Arc...