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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BRITAIN
 
  More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)

 
More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
Lanfranc

(c.1005–1089)
Archbishop of Canterbury from 1070. Born in north Italy, he founded a monastic school at Bec in Normandy. There he became a trusted ally of William, the future Conqueror. He remained on excellent terms with him in England, where Lanfranc reformed and strengthened the church – though his measures did involve replacing most of the Anglo-Saxon clergy with Normans. After Lanfranc's death *William II left the see of Canterbury vacant for four years and plundered its revenues until the appointment of *Anselm in 1093.
 








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