Norman Reform of the Monasteries

How many monks and nuns were there in England in 1066?

• 500

• 1000

• 1500

• 2000

How many monks and nuns were there in 1135?

• 4-5000

• 1-2000

• 7-9000

• 10-15000

How many monasteries were there in 1066?

• 10

• 60

• 100

• 250

How many monasteries werre there in 1135?

• 20

• 150

• 200

• 250

Why were Anglo-Saxon Monasteries in a bad way?

• Viking raids robbed them of wealth

• Anglo-Saxon nobles appointed friends and family as abbot

• Anglo-Saxon Nobles took money from them

• They were all on the coast and too remote

Whose rule did most new Medieval Orders of Monks follow?

• St Clare

• St Benedict

• St Mungo

• St Oswald

Reformers wanted the monks to go back to the old standards of Poverty, Chasity and what?

• Obedience

• Loyalty

• Holiness

• Faithfulness

Which Norman Abbey was a centre of reform in the 11th century?

• Cluny

• Caen

• Westminster

• Axholme

When Cluny set up a new abbey in England, how was it different to other, new, abbies?

• It was always in a cathedral

• It allowed monks and nuns

• It was always on an island

• It remained part of the Cluny organsiation

How many new monastereis did Cluny build in England?

• 6

• 12

• 18

• 24