  | Page | | Preface | v | | | Lists of the Archbishops of Canterbury and the Bishops and Archbishops of York to 1377 | xiii | | | CHAPTER I. | | Rome and Iona. | | St. Augustin’s Mission—Pope Gregory’s Scheme of Organization—Causes of its Failure—Foundation and Overthrow of the See of York—Independent Missions—The See of Lindisfarne—Scottish Christianity—The Schism—The Synod of Whitby—Restoration of the See of York | 1 | | | CHAPTER II. | | Organization. | | Archbishop Theodore—His Work in Organization—New Dioceses—Wilfrith’s Appeals to Rome—Literary Greatness of Northumbria—Parishes—Tithes—The Church in Wessex—A Third Archbishopric—The Church in Relation to the State—to Rome—to Western Christendom | 15 | | | CHAPTER III. | | Ruin and Revival. | | Ruin of Northumbria—Æthelwulf’s Pilgrimage—Danish Invasions of Southern England; the Peace of Wedmore—Alfred’s Work—Character of the Church in the Tenth Century—Reorganization—Revival—Oda—Dunstan—Seculars and Regulars—Dunstan’s Ecclesiastical Administration—Coronations—Dunstan’s Last Days—Ælfric the Grammarian | 34 | | | CHAPTER IV. | | Exhaustion. | | Characteristics of the Period—Renewed Scandinavian Invasions—Legislation— Archbishop Ælfheah: his Martyrdom—End of the Danish War—Cnut and the Church—The King’s Clerks—Spiritual Decadence—Foreigners appointed to English Sees—Effect of these Appointments—Party Struggles—Earl Harold—Pilgrimages—A Legatine Visit—A Schismatical Archbishop—The Papacy and the Conquest—Summary: The National Character of the Church before the Norman Conquest | 55 | | | CHAPTER V. | | Royal Supremacy. | | The Conqueror and Lanfranc—Canterbury and York—Separate Ecclesiastical System—Removal of Sees—Extent and Limits of Papal Influence—The Conqueror’s Bishops—Change in the Character of the Church—An Appeal to Rome—Feudal Tendencies—St. Anselm—Struggle against Tyranny—Investitures—Henry I.—Councils—Legates—Independence of the See of York—Summary | 77 | | | CHAPTER VI. | | Clerical Pretensions. | | Stephen and the English Church—Archbishop Theobald and Henry of Winchester—Thomas the Chancellor—The Scutage of Toulouse—Thomas the Archbishop—Clerical Immunity—The Archbishop in Exile—His Martyrdom—Henry’s General Relations to the Church—Conquest of Ireland—Richard’s Crusade—Longchamp—Archbishop Hubert Walter—Character of the Clergy | 105 | | | CHAPTER VII. | | Vassalage. | | The Alliance between the Church and the Crown—Coronation of John—Quarrel between John and the Pope—The Interdict—Vassalage of England—The Great Charter—Papal Tutelage of Henry III.—Taxation of Spiritualities—Papal Oppression—Edmund Rich, Archbishop—Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln—Alienation from Rome—Civil War—Increase of Clerical Pretensions—The Canon Law | 135 | | | CHAPTER VIII. | | The Church and the Nation. | | Character of the Reign of Edward I.—Archbishop Peckham—Statute of Mortmain—Conquest of Wales—Circumspecte Agatis—Expulsion of the Jews—Clerical Taxation and Representation in Parliament—Breach between the Crown and the Papacy—Confirmation of the Charters—Archbishop Winchelsey and the Rights of the Crown—The English Parliament and Papal Exactions—Church and State during the Reign of Edward II.—Papal Provisions to Bishoprics—The Bishops and Secular Politics—The Province of York—Parliament and Convocation | 161 | | | CHAPTER IX. | | The Papacy and the Parliament. | | Ecclesiastical Character of the Reign of Edward III.—Archbishops and their Ecclesiastical Administration—Provisions—Statute of Provisors—Statute of PrÆmunire—Refusal of Tribute—Relations between the Church and the State—Causes of Discontent at the Condition of the Church—Attack on Clerical Ministers and the Wealthy Clergy—Concordat with the Papacy—The Good Parliament—Conclusion | 192 | | | INDEX | 219 |
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