▁E ad mer ▁made ▁the ▁dispute ▁central ▁to ▁his ▁work , ▁the ▁Historia ▁Nov orum . ▁Like wise , ▁Hugh ▁the ▁Ch anter , ▁made ▁the ▁prim acy ▁dispute ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁central ▁them es ▁of ▁his ▁work ▁History ▁of ▁the ▁Church ▁of ▁York . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 1 0 2 , ▁Pope ▁Pas ch al ▁II , ▁in ▁the ▁midst ▁of ▁the ▁In vest iture ▁controvers y , ▁tried ▁to ▁smooth ▁over ▁the ▁problems ▁about ▁invest iture ▁by ▁grant ing ▁An sel m ▁a ▁prim acy , ▁but ▁only ▁to ▁An sel m ▁himself , ▁not ▁to ▁his ▁success ors . ▁Nor ▁did ▁the ▁grant ▁explicitly ▁mention ▁York ▁as ▁being ▁subject ▁to ▁Can ter bury . ▁An sel m ▁then ▁held ▁a ▁council ▁in ▁September ▁ 1 1 0 2 ▁at ▁West min ster , ▁which ▁was ▁attended ▁by ▁Ger ard , ▁the ▁new ▁arch bishop ▁of ▁York . ▁According ▁to ▁Hugh ▁the ▁Ch anter , ▁when ▁the ▁seats ▁for ▁the ▁b ish ops ▁were ▁arranged , ▁An sel m ' s ▁was ▁set ▁higher ▁than ▁Ger ard ' s , ▁which ▁led ▁Ger ard ▁to ▁kick ▁over ▁ch airs ▁and ▁refuse ▁to ▁be ▁se ated ▁until ▁his ▁own ▁chair ▁was ▁exactly ▁as ▁high ▁as ▁An sel m ' s . ▁Late ▁in ▁ 1 1 0 2 , ▁the ▁po pe ▁wrote ▁to ▁Ger ard , ▁ad mon ishing ▁him ▁and ▁ordering ▁him ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁o ath ▁to ▁An sel m . ▁ ▁Ger ard ▁died ▁in ▁May ▁