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How accurate is the statement that the eleventh century saw ‘a great religious revival’ in England, and to what extent were the Norman responsible?
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How accurate is the statement that the eleventh century saw 'a great religious revival' in England, and to what extent were the Norman responsible? There was much to reform in the English church that Edward the confessor presided over. The original plan for the English church that Gregory the Great had drawn up was differed from in a wide variety of areas, and paid only lip service to in a number of others. For instance, his division of the country into two archbishoprics, Canterbury and York, was obeyed, but while he had imagined them equal in power, there was no doubt by Edward's reign that Canterbury was the more important. While Gregory had envisaged the balance of power held in place by there being twelve dioceses on either side of the Humber and thus presumably twelve in the domain of both archbishops, considerations of relative wealth and power had ensured...
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