William II and the Church (II)

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Who was Anselm? (I)
Born to noble family in France (Burgundy, 1033)
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Who was Anselm? (II)
Became monk at Abbey (33 years)
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Who was Anselm? (III)
Became prior then abbot
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Who was Anselm? (IV)
Became Archbishop of Canterbury (well-known for writing theological tracts and considered learned men in Europe)
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Who was Anselm? (V)
Well versed in interrelations between English church and papacy
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Who was Anselm? (VI)
Must have been aware of William II's lack of interest in papal schism and wouldn't give his support to Urban II - it is odd he should agree to taking over Canterbury in 1093
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How did Anselm become Archbishop of Canterbury? (I)
Came to England in September 1092 (review what was happening to some English estates owned by Bec and visit Canterbury to find out about vacant see)
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How did Anselm become Archbishop of Canterbury? (II)
Went to visit Rufus at royal court (warmly welcomed)
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How did Anselm become Archbishop of Canterbury? (III)
On visit, Anselm reminded king he needed to be pious/avoid vice
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How did Anselm become Archbishop of Canterbury? (IV)
Anselm went to Chester to see Earl Hugh ('great sinner') hoping to receive penance by building an abbey (wanted sponsorship)
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How did Anselm become Archbishop of Canterbury? (V)
By early months of 1093 (March), William was ill and believed it was result of ungodly acts (simony, collecting revenues from vacant sees, etc)
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How did Anselm become Archbishop of Canterbury? (VI)
He believed appointing good Archbishop of Canterbury would gain him penitence.
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How did Anselm become Archbishop of Canterbury? (VII)
Most worthy candidate was Anselm but he refused and William begged
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How did Anselm become Archbishop of Canterbury? (VIII)
Eventually Anselm was pressured/forced (verbally and physically) by William's courtiers
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How did Anselm become Archbishop of Canterbury? (IX)
Anselm had number of conditions (nearly all were agreed by William)
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How did Anselm become Archbishop of Canterbury? (X)
William recovered and quickly returned to his old ways
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How did Anselm become Archbishop of Canterbury? (XI)
Major falling out between Anselm & William between early 1094 and February 1095 due to William refusing to Anselm's preaching against immoral behaviour in his courtiers - growing of long hair, ****** and marriage between relations
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How did Anselm become Archbishop of Canterbury? (XII)
Anselm was requesting religious reform.
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How did Anselm become Archbishop of Canterbury? (XIII)
By this point Anselm had decided he couldn't be Archbishop without his pallium from the Pope
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Why was the Council of Rockingham called in 1095? (I)
Unresolved issues had risen over Anselm's demands for reform.
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Why was the Council of Rockingham called in 1095? (II)
Failure by William II to agree, for second time, to Anselm going to Rome to claim his pallium
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Why did William not want Anselm to collect his pallium from Rome and Anselm's response and William's response to that?
William felt this would in affect make it appear he approved Urban III. Anselm responded by stating it was matter of tradition and canonical law - led to William claiming Anselm would be placing loyalty to pope above fealty to King (close to treason)
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Why was the Council of Rockingham called in 1095? (III)
Stalemate ensued and Anselm called council to decide on matter of whether Anselm had committed affront to King - agreed if Council continued not recognising Urban, he would go into exile
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Events of Council of Rockingham (I)
After few days, council brokered truce between Rufus and Anselm to last until 20th May
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Events of Council of Rockingham (II)
If agreement not reached by 20th May, Anselm would be granted safe passage abroad
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Events of Council of Rockingham (III)
Rufus sent messenger to Rome to call for Anselm's pallium
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Events of Council of Rockingham (IV)
Pallium arrived and was presented to Anselm but not until after there had been discussion over whether Archbishop should pay some recompense for what Rufus had done for him
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Events of Council of Rockingham (V)
Anselm refused to pay for something he believed to be his by right, King conceded defeat
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Events of Council of Rockingham (VI)
Anselm was allowed to operate as Archbishop with full backing of Urban II (this meant Rufus had accepted Urban II as pope - he had inadvertently done this by collecting pallium)
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Events of Council of Rockingham (VII)
Anselm continued to display concern over perceived immoral behaviour in kingdom and King persisted in rebutting Anselm's claims
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Events of Council of Rockingham (VIII)
Anselm decided only solution was to go to Urban for help - Rufus declined to agree to this and organised Anselm's deportation to France by December 1097
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Events of Council of Rockingham (IX)
Anselm did not return to England until after Rufus's death in 1100
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Reasons Anselm was reluctant to become Archbishop initially (I)
Nearly 60 years old and hinted he wanted to spend rest of his life on academic pursuits rather than take on responsibility of administering probably England's most important religious institution
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Reasons Anselm was reluctant to become Archbishop initially (II)
He wanted to ensure affairs of Bec were kept in good order; taking up position in Canterbury would have meant giving up interests in abbey in Normandy
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Reasons Anselm was reluctant to become Archbishop initially (III)
He was not convinced William Rufus would hand over total authority of running of Canterbury to him
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Conditions Anselm took up position of Canterbury in summer of 1093 (I)
All property of church of Canterbury to b under jurisdiction of archbishop (as it had been under Lanfranc) and connected with this, all lands Lanfranc had argued belonged to Canterbury but which he never managed to reclaim should be handed over.
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Reasons Anselm was reluctant to become Archbishop initially (II)
Anselm was to be seen as soul spiritual adviser to King
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Reasons Anselm was reluctant to become Archbishop initially (III)
Anselm was allowed to continue to recognise Urban II as pope
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Condition Rufus did not accept from Anselm
Part of returning lost land - keen to hold onto lucrative land generating money as well as knew it was difficult to prove belonged to Church.
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Rufus's promising concerning conditions with Anselm which led to Anselm being appointed.
Despite agreeing to nearly all points, no guarantee he would keep promises - lack of honesty concerning this led relationship between Anselm and Rufus being marred over next four years.
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