CHAPTER XXIX.

LANFRANC OF PAVIA:--The Pope's legates arrive in

London--Deposition of the Saxon bishops--Lanfranc is appointed

to the Archbishopric of Canterbury--Lanfranc's birth-place--His

fame at Bec-Hellouin--Lanfranc gains the friendship of William

the Norman--Lanfranc opposes William's marriage--He gains a

dispensation for William--Is restored to favour--Is made Abbot

of Caen--William's delight at Lanfranc's appointment to the

province of Canterbury--The Pope's letter to

Lanfranc--Lanfranc's entry into Canterbury--The church in

ruins--Lanfranc gains the primacy of England for

Canterbury--Undertakes a revision of the Scriptures--The Saxons

averse to the revision--Lanfranc the people's champion

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