Watch the 2026
St Bede Annual Liturgy Lecture
given by

Abbot Primate Jeremias Schröder, OSB

speaking on

Bones of Contention:

Norman Power and Liturgical Reform

originally given at 2:30 pm
on Saturday 11 July 2026
the feast of St. Benedict
to be held in the Newman Chapel
at Ealing Abbey

Watch the lecture here.
https://youtu.be/1zibMQDTVVU

3:00 Jeremias Schröder
4:28 Lanfranc
13:03 Anselm
14:33 Osbern
15:35 Gilbert Chrispin
16:05 Eadmer
16:49 Lanfranc
18:33 Audoenus the Confessor
20:48 II. The Attraction of A Good Story
23:42 English and German Historiography
24:41 A Good Story
25:17 New Perspectives
26:39 III. From Replacement to Negotiation
30:05 St Aelfheah
30:49 IV. Emotional Cost: The Speed of Institutions and the Pace of Monastic Life
34:36 V. Friendship enables Negotiation
35:06 Anselm
36:38 Osbern
37:38 Eadmer
39:49 Meeting in Russia
49:40 Personal Encounter: Friendship
43:28 VI. Moving Beyond the Bones: A Beautiful Fruit: Immaculate Conception
46:26 Conclusion

Editor’s note: after the lecture was given, this text was revised but still closely follows the lecture. As an oral presentation it does not appear here with full apparatus. Download the pdf of the text here.

Contact Clare Cogswell
To be held in the Newman Chapel,
Ealing Abbey, London, W5 2DZ.
A map is available here.