Welcome to another episode of five minutes in church history. In this episode we're going to be talking about a year.

The year is 1066.

William left Normandy and invaded England.

In an October of 1066, he was successful

at the Battle of Hastings.

On December 25, 1066, Christmas Day,

William the Conqueror was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey.

1066 proved to be a crucial year in the life of William.

It also, as it turns out, proved to be a crucial year for the history of England.

In 1066, even turned out to be a crucial year in the life of a monk.

This monk was born in 1033.

His name is Ansel.

And he made his way to the monastery at Beck in Normandy.

There he came under the training of the Abbot of the monastery, L'Anselm deeply admired L'Anfranc, and apparently so did William.

After William became king, he made arrangements to have Lahnfronk become the Archbishop of Canterbury.

And in his absence, Antelm became Abbott of the monastery at Beck.

While at Beck, Antelm wrote some of the most brilliant texts of the Middle Ages.

He wrote Monologion and Proslogion.

These are heavy-duty philosophical texts that argue for the existence of God.

And then L'Anfranc died.

And once again, Anselm was tapped to replace him.

Anselm, made his way across the channel.

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