a system in which people are put at various levels or ranks according to their importance

a title given to a person who has received an official honour from the Pope for having lived in a good and holy way

a person who makes a journey, often a long and difficult one, to a special place for religious reasons

something that belonged to a holy person, often a body part, that was believed to be able to help people if prayed to or touched

The Anglo-Saxon 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.

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

someone who holds more than one position within the Church

members of the Church who have been ordained, which means they are permitted to carry out religious services

Lanfranc's reforms

the opposite of sacred; a part of life that is not to do with the Church or religion

the office of the pope and the pope's authority over the Church

a vestment (piece of clothing) given by the pope to newly-appointed bishops and archbishops

the pope's personal representative, sent by the pope from Rome on a mission to another country

a conflict between the Church and the state in medieval Europe over the ability to select and install (invest) bishops and abbots

The king and the Church in Norman England

remove someone from office (their official role or position)

to exclude someone from the community of the Church until they put right what they had been doing wrong

The Reform Papacy

the prayers and rituals regularly carried out together by a religious community or religious group

a community of monks; the term monastic and monasticism relate to monasteries

a set of principles and legal decisions which people agree to follow

not having sexual relationships, usually for religious reasons

in this context, groups of monks or nuns who live together as a religious community, following a set of rules for that order

Norman reforms of English monasticism

to show great respect and honour to something

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

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These lessons will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.