The Normans: beyond 1066
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The Relationship Between the Church and the Reformation
The papacy did support william's invasion intesiastics. The a developed a lot of a monasteries, particulalry in normandy england. It was very convenient from the point of view of the normans. They can back the reformd papacy and say, yes, we may be conquering people, but we're doing it for the right ends,. And if you give your ill gotten gains to monastic houses, which is where pray, prayers will be said to er save you from pains of hell. So there is a very strong link between what the normans were doing and of course, on the crusade.
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