Vacant prelacies held by the King; power of prolonging
the vacancy 347
Sale of bishoprics and abbeys; simony not systematic
before Rufus 347-348
Treatment of vacant churches; Flambard the chief
agent 349
Novelty of the practice; tenure in frankalmoign 350 1092-1100 Resignation and restoration of Abbot Odo of Chertsey 350 Distinction between bishoprics and abbeys; the vacancies longer in the case of the abbeys 350-352 English abbots; story of the appointment to an unnamed abbey 352-353 Sees vacant in 1092 353 1091-1123 Ralph Luffa Bishop of Chichester; his appointment and episcopate 353-354 1091 Death of Bishop William of Thetford; history of Herbert Losinga; he buys the bishopric 354 1088-1091 Three years' vacancy of New Minster 355 1091-1093 Herbert buys the abbey for his father Robert 355 1093 Herbert repents; receives his bishopric again from the Pope; novelty of the act 355-356 1092-1094 Vacancy of the see of Lincoln 356 1089-1093 Vacancy of Canterbury 356 § 2. The Vacancy of the Primacy and the Appointment of Anselm. 1089-1093.
Effects of the vacancy of the see of Canterbury 357
Special position of the metropolitan see; place of the
Archbishop as the leader of the nation 358-359
Appointment to the archbishopric; the see not
granted to the King's clerks 359
The King's purpose to keep the see vacant; his
motives 359-361
No fear of a bad appointment 361-362
No thought of election either by the monks or by the
Witan; silent endurance of the nation 362-363
Results of the vacancy; corruption of the clergy;
lack of ecclesiastical discipline 363-365
Anselm; debt of England to foreigners; the Burgundian
saints, Anselm and Hugh 365
1080 Birth and parentage of Anselm; Aosta 366-368
Comparison of Lanfranc and Anselm; various sides
of Anselm's character; he is not preferred in
England by the Conqueror 368-369
Anselm and Eadmer; references to Eadmer in other
writers 369-370
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