Dioceses and bishops of 11th century England

Zirantun

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I can find VERY little information on this subject on the net, can anyone help? I know that Stigand was the Archbishop of Canterbury and Leofwine the Bishop of Lichfield before the Norman Conquest... that's about it.
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Anglo-Saxon_bishops

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Edit: in fact, even better. Thank you Wikipedia:

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That map is a bit out. The last Bishop of Hexham died in 821, and the See was merged with Lindisfarne soon afterwards. Equally it was the Bishops of Lindisfarne who had relocated to Chester-le-Street in 883, though they then founded the Cathedral and See at Durham in 995.

This one's better, though Durham probably included the Pink bit as well.

 
Thank you,

Is that map relevant by the 1060s though?

Mostly. Ramsbury and Sherbourne were held by the same person from 1058, and would be formally merged to form Salisbury/Sarum after the Conquest, though the seat didn't move to Old Sarum until 1075 (Either it was at Ramsbury or rotated before that). Crediton moved to Exeter and annexed Cornwall in 1050.

There was a general move in the 1050s-70s for the seat to shift to a more major city. Elmham became Norwich, Selsey Chichester and Dorchester became Lincoln because of this.
 
That looks like a rather useful map. Can I ask where you found it?

Same place as the other one on this thread. There's an article on the development of the English diocesian system on the Genocide, though you need to scouer the lists and linked articles to get all the details.
 

Zirantun

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Another question:

Does anyone have any knowledge about the history of marital impediments in the Catholic Church? I am wondering if abduction was valid as an impediment to marriage and thus grounds for annulment in the 11th century.
 
According to Granville (12th century) marriage of an abducted _unwilling_ woman/girl could not be considered a valid marriage in common law. Note that this was not necessarily the same as the Civil law governing marriage as a sacrament. (One determined if the marriage was valid form the point of view of inheritance of land , mainly, the other from the point of view as to whether the co-habitation was sinful).

This also was often complicated by the mediaeval ideas around pre-contract .

Some time later (can't remember when, but I think around the 15th century, it was changed so that even if the woman were willing (to be abducted) it was still unlawful

But it appears Anglo-Saxon law may have been different

from The Laws of Ethelbert, King of the Kentish Men , 560-616 AD

If a man carry off a maiden by force, let him pay fifty shillings to the owner, and afterwards buy (the object of) his will of the owner.
 
Re abduction and annullments, the Catholic church always emphasised ( at least in theory) that both partners had to be willing and freely entering the marriage. (Still does BTW.) So, and abduction would automatically be grounds for an annullment.
Of course, how smoothly/quickly that happens, could depend a great deal on the political situation:cool:.
 
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