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The great electoral archiepiscopate of Tr�ves, in 1259, was claimed by two rivals who litigated with each other for two years in Rome, to the great profit of the curia, till Alexander IV. set them both aside.

These were either national, such as that held by Theodore at Hatfield, or, after the restoration of the northern archiepiscopate, provincial, or assemblies of the Church of a single kingdom, such as the Synod of Whitby.

For a moment, indeed, its work in teaching the lesson of union was threatened by the baleful predominance of Mercia; for the foundation of the Mercian archiepiscopate was an attempt to make the Church minister to the greatness of a single kingdom; its failure saved her from degradation, and probably saved the nation from prolonged division.

He established his authority over the whole Church, and, long before any one thought of a national monarchy, planned a national archiepiscopate.

The north-western tower was added probably during the archiepiscopate, if not by the munificence, of Archbishop George Nevill.