Abstract
This thesis aims at comparing the state of the Anglo-Saxon clergy from the Regularis
Concordia period of the 10th century with the state of the Anglo-Norman clergy of the post-
conquest era from 1060 to 1150. This research will be based on the most relevant narrative
sources available for this period. However, they will be used only as support since the main
part of the thesis will be based on various listings of archbishops, bishops and abbots, who
have lived between 1060 and 1150. We will study in details their geographic origins, the
positions they held as well as their social networks. We will try to demonstrate that contrary to
preconceived ideas, a true reform of the Anglo-Norman clergy did not occur following the
conquest. The Anglo-Norman clergy was simply updated. Also, the governance model, which
was imposed to the Anglo-Norman clergy at the turn of the 12th century, was largely inspired
by the functioning of the Norman Church.
Keywords : monachism; Anglo-Saxon; Anglo-Norman; Lanfranc; Anselm of Canterbury;
Regularis Concordia; Christ Church Canterbury; clergy; England; William Ist