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I'm working on an ATL starting in 1042 with canute's son Hardeknud surviving (by odd miracle) and of course this will have to involve the then very important question of which Archbishops ruling what.

In the current Chuch of England the Archbishop of Canterbury, as I understand it, have a kind of "first among equals" role in relation to the other Archbishops. But when did this happen - before breaking with Rome? From my studies so far I haven't found a clear answer, and I have a suspicion that the Archbishops in catholic times had only the Pope as superior (an English Vice-Pope would somehow not be in context).

My idea is to have the Archbishop of York (Edward the Confessor) getting Scandinavia (in competion with the AB of Bremen), as York then had strong Scandinavian ties and York thus being a real bid for the "super-Archbishop" title in competion with Canterbury in a North Sea Empire - but was any such position an option by mid 11th century?

Regards

Steffen Redbeard
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