to show great respect and honour to something

The Norman Church

History

In this unit, pupils learnt about how ordinary people interacted with the English Church following the changes made to it by the Normans. In 'Historic environment (Norman England)', pupils will learn how their knowledge of Norman England can be applied to a specific historic environment linked to the Normans.

In 'Norman England: in what ways did life change for ordinary people?', pupils considered the impact that the Norman Conquest had on the people of England. In 'Norman England: how different was the English Church by 1100?', pupils will learn about how ordinary people interacted with the English Church following the changes made to it by the Normans.

In this unit, pupils learn about the Anglo-Saxon Church and the reforms made to it by the Normans. They reflect on how and why the Church and monasticism changed in England during this period.

Norman England: how different was the English Church by 1100?

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Lanfranc replaced Stigand as Archbishop of Canterbury in ...

to give bishops greater control over clerical discipline

to give bishops greater control over how people worshipped

to give bishops greater control over how donations were used

to give bishops greater control over clerical land and assets

What did Lanfranc try to enforce on the clergy?

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being constructed from stone rather than wood.

increasing the number of schools in monasteries.

Religious buildings changed after 1100 by ...

This aligned the Church more closely with Norman rule.

William needed to reward the Church for its support for his invasion.

This was to create a more disciplined clergy.

Match these changes to the reasons they came about.

Put these daily prayers of monks in order.

What was the word for a child who is sent to be a monk in Anglo-Saxon and Norman England?

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When did Lanfranc become head of the English Church?

How many Benedictine monasteries were in England by 1135?

They resisted changes Lanfranc wanted to make about how children became monks.

They resisted changes regarding following the rule of Saint Benedict.

They resisted changes Lanfranc wanted to make to the liturgy. 

Why did English monks in Glastonbury get into trouble with their Norman abbot, Tustin? 

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