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The Constitutions of Clarendon and the Becket affair

By Tessa Shepperson 1 Comment

If anyone knows anything about the reign of Henry II, they know about the Beckett affair. About … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Angevin Tagged With: Archbishops Of Canterbury, Becket, Chancellor, Clarendon, clergy, Constitutions Of Clarendon, Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, Henry II, Thomas Becket, Writs and forms of action

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