Abstract:This article investigates two comparable crises of leadership in Gaelic Christendom which occurred around the same time, in 1120-1; these culminated in failed episcopal appointments for St. Andrews and Dublin. The article is based on accounts from Scotland and Ireland which shed light on the developments in both countries; and on Historia Nouorum in Anglia ('History of Recent Events in England') by Eadmer, biographer and confidant of Anselm (archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 until his death in 1109). Eadmer w… Show more
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