Anglo-Norman periodR. Bentley, 1884 - Bishops |
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abbot Alexander Anselm appeared appointed arch Archbishop of Canterbury Archbishop of Rouen Archbishop of York Archdeacon attended authority Baldwin barons Bishop of London brother canons castles cathedral cause chancellor CHAP chapter Church of England clergy conduct consecration consent controversy council court crown crusade death dignity Eadmer Earl ecclesiastical election episcopal Escures excommunication father favour feeling Gervas Giraldus hands Henry of Blois Holy honour Hoveden Hubert Walter investiture John of Salisbury justice justiciary King of England king's kingdom land Lanfranc legate letter lord the king Malmesbury mind monastery monks nobles Norman Normandy oath obedience occasion papal party peace person pope prelates present priest primate principles proceedings Ralph received refused regarded reign religious Richard Rome Rouen royal secular soon spirit Stephen suffragans summoned synod Theobald things Thomas à Becket Thurstan tion William of Malmesbury William of Newburgh Winchester
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Page 439 - Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them; wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
Page 276 - Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Page 617 - Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Page 72 - For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles : these are the beginnings of sorrows.
Page 24 - For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving. For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
Page 10 - Book bears ample testimony to this statement, and that which closely follows, viz., that the resources of this once flourishing province were cut off by fire, slaughter, and devastation ; and the ground, for more than sixty miles totally uncultivated and unproductive, remains bare to the present day.
Page 517 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil doers, and for the praise of them that do well.
Page 616 - Appellant supported his complaint by his own positive testimony — he affirmed that a meeting was held in the "stone house" of the said Richard, when a discussion arose concerning the aids granted to the King for his ransom. Richard Fitz Osbert exclaimed, "In recompense for the money "taken from me by the Chancellor within the Tower of "London, I would lay out forty marks to purchase a "chain in which the King and his Chancellor might be "hanged.
Page 377 - ... to the lords in lieu of it. This pecuniary satisfaction at last came to be levied by assessments, at so much for every knight's fee ; and therefore this kind of tenure...
Page 726 - Behold. I have put my words in thy mouth : see, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down, and to destroy and to overthrow ; to build, and to plant.