. A short history of England and the British Empire. Kirkstall Abbey(Conjectural restoration.) monk of unexampled piety, whose intellectual vision embracedthe entire church. Under his inspiration the reform workwent on throughout all Europe. Even the anarchy of Stephensreign helped to strengthen the English church by drawing thepeople closer to its protecting sanctuaries. From StephenHenry II inherited two exasperating problems: how to dealwith a stubborn and arrogant group of barons and, what wasstill more difficult, how to deal with a church that was growingin consciousness of its power and
. A short history of England and the British Empire. Kirkstall Abbey(Conjectural restoration.) monk of unexampled piety, whose intellectual vision embracedthe entire church. Under his inspiration the reform workwent on throughout all Europe. Even the anarchy of Stephensreign helped to strengthen the English church by drawing thepeople closer to its protecting sanctuaries. From StephenHenry II inherited two exasperating problems: how to dealwith a stubborn and arrogant group of barons and, what wasstill more difficult, how to deal with a church that was growingin consciousness of its power and was determined to obtainauthority as well as independence. 64. Summary: the Norman Period. For nearly ninetyyears the dynasty of William the Conqueror ruled in this period the English people had almost nothing to SUMMARY: THE NORMAN PERIOD 75 THE DOMINIONS OF WILLIAM I. Possessions of William I. 76 ENGLAND UNDER NORMAN RULE say in the matter of their own government: Norman kingsThe benefits of and barons were in absolute control. In mostNorman rule. respects the Normans gave efficient governmentboth in state and church; but it was alien and sometimesunbearably harsh. The invaders reshaped English societyby completing the process of feudalism, traces of which can befound in Anglo-Saxon times. As a necessary condition in afeudal state came serfdom, in this case under foreign conquest also gave the country new leaders whose descend-ants in time would regard themselves as Englishmen; it unifiedthe people by crushing out provincial ambitions; it hastenedthe introduction of the higher civilization of the evils of But it also created conditions and problems forNorman rule. later kings to wrestle with, which rendered socialand constitutional progress exceedingly difficult. The rulersof England, however, soon took up the fight against these newforces and fe
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