Saxon Church and the Norman Conquest – C T Cruttwell

Today’s free book is a history of the Saxon Church in England before and after the Norman Conquest of 1066. My thanks to Book Aid for making a copy of this public domain title available for digitisation.

Charles Thomas Cruttwell [1847-1911], The Saxon Church and the Norman Conquest. London: Methuen & Co., 1909. Hbk. pp.268. [Click here to visit the download page for this title]

Contents

• Preface by the General Editor
• Introduction
• Book 1
  1. From Ecgbehrt to Alfred
  2. Church and People up to Alfred’s Time
  3. The Reforms of Alfred
  4. The Successors of Alfred
  5. The House of Wessex and the Rise of Dunstan
  6. The New Benediction
  7. The National Decay
• Book 2
  1. The Beginnings of Norman Influence
  2. The Last of the English Kings
  3. The Norman Conquest
  4. William and Lanfranc
  5. William Rufus
  6. William and Anselm
  7. Henry I and Anselm
  8. Henry I—continued
  9. Some Results of the Conquest

• Table of Successors of Archbishops of Canterbury and York
• Index

Image: A 19th-century portrayal of Anselm being dragged to the cathedral by the English bishops – source: Wikipedia