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