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I have recently come across several references to clergy / bishops or
archbishops fighting in battles, for example Archbishop of York William
Melton at the Battle of Myton (1322), Thurstan Archbishop of York at the
Battle of the Standard (1138) and of course Odo of Bayeux at the Battle of
Hastings (1066).
How common was this and when did it start / stop? In an English Anglo-Saxon
context Bede mentions monks praying at a battle, but I can't think of
bishops or clegy actually fighting.
Did the practice stop at the Reformation in the 1540s or before, or was
there legislation against bishops / clergy raising an army to fight.
Any references or other examples welcome
Chris Daniell
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