▁dispute ▁was ▁the ▁attempt ▁by ▁post - N orm an ▁Con quest ▁Arch b ish ops ▁of ▁Can ter bury ▁to ▁assert ▁their ▁prim acy , ▁or ▁right ▁to ▁rule , ▁over ▁the ▁province ▁of ▁York . ▁Can ter bury ▁used ▁texts ▁to ▁back ▁up ▁their ▁claims , ▁including ▁B ede ' s ▁major ▁historical ▁work ▁the ▁Historia ▁ecc les iast ica ▁gent is ▁Ang lor um , ▁which ▁sometimes ▁had ▁the ▁Can ter bury ▁arch b ish ops ▁claim ing ▁prim acy ▁over ▁not ▁just ▁York , ▁but ▁the ▁entire ▁ecc les iast ical ▁hierarchy ▁of ▁the ▁British ▁Is les . ▁It ▁began ▁under ▁Lan fran c , ▁the ▁first ▁Norman ▁Arch bishop ▁of ▁Can ter bury , ▁and ▁ended ▁up ▁becoming ▁a ▁never ▁ending ▁dispute ▁between ▁the ▁two ▁sees ▁over ▁prest ige ▁and ▁status . ▁The ▁historian ▁David ▁Car p enter ▁says ▁Lan fran c ' s ▁actions ▁" su ck ed ▁his ▁success ors ▁into ▁a ▁qu ag m ire , ▁and ▁actually ▁weak ened ▁rather ▁than ▁strength ened ▁church ▁discipline ▁and ▁the ▁unity ▁of ▁the ▁kingdom ." ▁Car p enter ▁further ▁arg ues ▁that ▁" it ▁became ▁impossible ▁in ▁later ▁centuries , ▁thanks ▁to ▁disput es ▁over ▁status , ▁for ▁the ▁two ▁arch b ish ops ▁to ▁appear ▁in ▁each ▁others ▁presence ." ▁ ▁Fe eding ▁into ▁the ▁dispute ▁were ▁the ▁two ▁c athedral ▁chap ters , ▁who ▁encourag ed ▁their ▁respective ▁arch b ish ops ▁to ▁continue ▁the ▁struggle . ▁An ▁additional ▁element ▁was ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁Can