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Y303: English Government and the Church 1066–1216

The government of the Church in England: administrative structures and role of monasticism

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What was unusual about several English cathedral chapters compared with the rest of Latin Europe?

Key term

Describe the administrative structure of an English diocese.

Who and when

What friction did monastic cathedral chapters create?

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  1. 1

    What were judges-delegate?

    Model answer

    They were local clergy commissioned by the pope to hear and determine a particular case on his behalf, a device that allowed papal jurisdiction to operate routinely in England without cases travelling to Rome.

  2. 2

    Describe the administrative structure of an English diocese.

    Model answer

    The bishop governed with a cathedral chapter and was represented in the field by archdeacons, whose archdeaconries were subdivided into rural deaneries made up of parishes.

  3. 3

    Why was an archdeacon sometimes called the bishop's eye?

    Model answer

    Because he carried out visitations, held his own court, disciplined parish clergy and reported on the state of the parishes, acting as the bishop's routine local supervisor.

  4. 4

    What was unusual about several English cathedral chapters compared with the rest of Latin Europe?

    Model answer

    A number of them, including Canterbury, Winchester, Worcester and Durham, were staffed by Benedictine monks rather than secular canons, so the bishop was also in effect the abbot of a monastic community.

  5. 5

    What friction did monastic cathedral chapters create?

    Model answer

    The monks claimed the right to elect their bishop and to control cathedral property, which produced bitter disputes with archbishops who wanted a body of secular clerks they could appoint and deploy.

  6. 6

    How did the Norman Conquest change English monasticism?

    Model answer

    English abbots were steadily replaced by Normans, houses were rebuilt on a far larger scale, and observance was tightened along continental lines.

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