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

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?

Monks spent long periods chanting and singing the {{ }} together.

monasteries should often deal with the outside world

monks should be silent for most of the day

monks had no need to remain silent for much of the day

In 1082, William of Saint-Calais replaced married church clerks with...

Around 1077, Lanfranc issued his monastic...

There were __________ Benedictine monasteries in England in 1066.

By the end of William’s reign, only __________ English abbots remained in office

The Reform Papacy was a movement in the Church that aimed to address {{ }} and improve the spiritual authority of the Church.

Controversially, the {{ }} said that the pope had the right to depose kings and emperors.

{{ }} agreed to support William's invasion of Normandy.

The papacy saw the English Church as needing...

The Holy Roman Emperor, Henry IV was {{ }} after disagreeing with the Pope about who should appoint the next bishop of Milan.

In the German city of Worms, a Concordat agreed a compromise between the papacy and __________ V.


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