Lanfranc Scholar, Monk, Archbishop [Hardcover]

Lanfranc of Pavia was archbishop of Canterbury from 1070 to 1089, and so for nineteen critical years in the history of the Anglo-Norman church and kingdom after the Norman conquest of 1066. This is the first full scholarly study of Lanfranc for thirty years. This intelligent and considered historical biography reconsiders his career and outstanding achievements in all major aspects, focusing on his qualities of wisdom, diligence, and statesmanship.

1. Early Life
2. Monk and Abbot
3. Service outside the Cloisterc.1042-1070
4. Scholar and Teacher
5. Retrospect
6. The Move to Canterbury
7. The Primacy of Canterbury
8. The Church of Canterbury
9. The Ordering of the English Church
10. The Wider Primacy
11. The Monastic Order
12. Lanfranc and the English
13. Lanfranc and King William I
14. Lanfranc and the Gregorian Papacy
15. External Concerns
16. The Last Years
17. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

This book is a masterpiece of scholarship. It is written with passion for Gregory VII but also with a passion for truth. Anyone with a serious interest in Gregory VII will need to read it. It will be argued with by many, but admired by all....As a meticulous exposition of a complex story, done with vast learning, control and lucidity, it is atour de force. --Henry Mayr-Harting, English Historical Review

H. E. J.Cowdrey is Emeritus Fellow, St. Edmund Hall, Oxford.