![]() In 1083 he brought monks from Wearmouth and Jarrow to serve the cathedral of Durham and look after the shrine of St Cuthbert. ![]() The most eager promoter was William of St Carilef, the Bishop of Durham, who was a monk from Maine in Normandy. In the north of England there was a revival of monastic life, and the abbey at Whitby was re-established, and new ones founded at Selby and St Mary’s York. There were eight services a day in which the monks would be praying and chanting religious song - the first service was at 2 am and the last one at 6 pm. The monks were also told that they should not spend their time talking to each other. Life of a Benedictine monkīenedictines were instructed to eat two simple meals a day and were not allowed to eat expensive food such as meat. Lanfranc established the importance of Canterbury by declaring that all future Archbishops of Canterbury should be elected by the monks of its Priory. Benedict, and were known as Benedictines. One of the first monasteries built by the Normans was Canterbury Priory, whose monks followed the strict rule of St. The leader of the monastery was called an abbot, and Norman monks replaced many of the abbots of the large monasteries, like Westminster and Glastonbury, during the time of Lanfranc: for example in 1078 a Norman called Thurstan was made the Abbot of Glastonbury, to replace the English Aethelnoth, deposed by Lanfranc. The monks and nuns were totally devoted to the faith and lived in isolated communities away from non-religious lay people. The monasteries existed alongside the local churches in English Christianity.
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