Anselm appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
1093
After four years of refusing to fill the see, William Rufus, ill and frightened for his soul, finally consecrated Anselm of Bec as Archbishop of Canterbury. Within months the king had recovered his health and was quarreling with the new archbishop. The medieval church-state tensions acquired a new English chapter.
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Also in 1093 (4 other events on record)
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- Malcolm III of Scotland killed · Europe · War
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Era
High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.