Anselm becomes Archbishop of Canterbury

Historical Context Note

Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.02: English Writing and Culture: High and Late Medieval, 1066-1485.
Vol. editors: Kate Ash-Irisarri (University of Edinburgh), Rory Critten (Université de Lausanne), David Fuller (University of Durham), Natalie Hanna (University of Liverpool), Hugh Magennis (Queen's University Belfast), Jamie McKinstry (University of Durham), Sarah Peverley (University of Liverpool), Sebastian Sobecki (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen)

Domains

Catholic

Dates

Date of occurrence 1093

Places

England (Location)

For the first two years of the reign of William II, he retained his father's chief advisor, Lanfranc, the Archbishop of Canterbury. After Lanfranc's death in 1089, however, William appointed Anselm as Archbishop. Anselm had been born in Aosta, now in north-western Italy, but migrated northwards partly in emulation of the eminent Lanfranc. His appointment as archbichop led to protracted conflict with the king. As a condition of accepting the position, Anselm insisted that William accept Urban II as Pope, rather than the "Antipope" Clement III. In addition, disagreements developed since Anselm advocated Gregorian reforms that William was not prepared to implement.

Please log in to consult the article in its entirety. If you are a member (student of staff) of a subscribing institution (see List), you should be able to access the LE on campus directly (without the need to log in), and off-campus either via the institutional log in we offer, or via your institution's remote access facilities, or by creating a personal user account with your institutional email address. If you are not a member of a subscribing institution, you will need to purchase a personal subscription. For more information on how to subscribe as an individual user, please see under Individual Subcriptions.

101 words

Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Anselm becomes Archbishop of Canterbury". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 31 July 2012 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=1950, accessed 23 November 2024.]

Save this article

If you need to create a new bookshelf to save this article in, please make sure that you are logged in, then go to your 'Account' here

Anselm becomes Archbishop of Canterbury

Domains

Dates

Places

Save this article

Leave Feedback