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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: 1140 births, 1140 deaths, 1140 establishments, 1140 in Europe, 1140 in law, Peter Waldo, Thurstan, Raymond the Palmer, Welbeck Abbey, Raymond III, Count of Tripoli, Leo I, Prince of Armenia, Bernhard, Count of Anhalt, Dorchester Abbey, Xin Qiji, Newbattle Abbey, Sobeslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, Bristol Cathedral Choir School, Aibert, Assizes of Ariano, Kitti Sri Megha, Sophia of Minsk, Hardehausen Abbey, Siege of Weinsberg, Alan fitz Walter, 2nd High Steward of Scotland, List of state leaders in 1140, Abd as-Salam ibn Mashish al-Alami, Coggeshall Abbey, St Andrews Cathedral Priory, Simon II, Duke of Lorraine, Whitland Abbey, Louis I, Landgrave of Thuringia, Saint Gaucherius, Manfred II, Marquess of Saluzzo, John of Ford, Wulgrin II, Count of Angouleme, Eberhard I, Count of Berg-Altena, Richard III of Gaeta, Baldwin of Rieti, Yusuf Hamdani, Minamoto no Yoshihira, Mohammed ibn Qasim al-Tamimi, Kumarapala, William de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Warwick, Lhachen Naglug, Toba S j, Hugh the Chanter, Tickford Priory. Excerpt: Thurstan or Turstin of Bayeux (c. 1070 - 6 February 1140) was a medieval Archbishop of York, the son of a priest. He served kings William II and Henry I of England before his election to the see of York in 1114. Once elected, his consecration was delayed for five years while he fought attempts by the Archbishop of Canterbury to assert primacy over York. Eventually, he was consecrated by the pope instead and allowed to return to England. While archbishop, he secured two new suffragan bishops for his province. When Henry I died, Thurstan supported Henry's nephew Stephen of Blois as king. Thurstan also defended the northern part of England from invasion by the Scots, taking a leading part in organizing the English forces at the Battle of the Standard (1138). Shortly before his death, Thurstan resigned from his s...
