Table of Contents

Foreword; Preface; Introduction; 1. Ecclesia Anglicana; 2. The Western Church in the eleventh century; 3. The law of the Western Church; Part I. The Law of the Church in England: 4. The method of this enquiry; 5. Lanfranc's collection; 6. The twelfth-century collections; 7. Medieval libraries and contemporary writers; Part II. The Relations of England with the Papacy: 8. Lanfranc; 9. William the Conqueror: the traditional outlook; 10. St Anselm: the rise of a papal party; 11. Henry I: the maintenance of royal control; 12. Stephen: the 'freedom of the Church'; 13. Henry II and Thomas Becket; 14. Epilogue: from the death of Becket to Magna Carta; Appendix; Index.

Reviews

' ... one of the half-dozen critical studies which are fundamental to our appreciation of the history of England in the times of the Norman and Angevin kings. It is a masterly piece of work, whether we regard it as an example of historical method or as an exposition.' Sir Maurice Powicke, The Cambridge Historical Journal ' ... a most remarkable piece of historical reconstruction, which will certainly influence all future work on English ecclesiastical history in the eleventh and twelfth centuries.' Sir Frank Stenton, The English Historical Review