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--Spiritual Decadence--Foreigners appointed to English Sees--Effect of these Appointments--Party Struggles--Earl Harold--Pilgrimages--A Legatine Visit--A Schismatical Archbishop--The Papacy and the Conquest--Summary: The National Character of the Church before the Norman Conquest 55