the Norman conquest 1065-1087
- Created by: Deegold
- Created on: 26-10-17 13:27
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- Anglo-Saxon Religion
- church was wealthy and powerful
- kings and nobility gave them valuable gifts and lands
- church and nobility had an important relationship
- kings and nobility gave them valuable gifts and lands
- nobility sent their 2nd born sons to train as priests
- helped the churvh to grow
- reduced competition for land in nobility by giving men a job within church
- nobles tried to control appointment of roles in church
- give influential posts to their relatives and followers
- in return, churchmen prayed for patrons
- prayer was important to nobility
- would give them success and help them get into heaven
- nobility sent their 2nd born sons to train as priests
- helped the churvh to grow
- reduced competition for land in nobility by giving men a job within church
- prayer was important to nobility
- church helped to legitimize king and lord's claim to power
- people believed ruler needed God's support to be successful
- if church supported him, sign that God was on his side
- churchmen were literate
- created written records needed to govern country
- very few outside the church were literate so most written sources we have now were created by churchmen
- created written records needed to govern country
- church's influence over ordinary people was growing
- parish churches built in towns and villages
- each had a priest
- said mass regularly and performed key christian rites-baptism and burials
- got people to confess their sins and do penance
- each had a priest
- parish churches built in towns and villages
- church was wealthy and powerful
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