Henry II - Causes of the Becket Crisis
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- Henry II - Becket Crisis Causes
- Church status
- Theobald relations declined
- Henry exploited Pope's troubles
- Theobald relations declined
- Walter de Lucy + Bishop Hilary supported Becket
- 5% of Englishmen clergy
- Church courts more lenient
- Personality
- Thomas and Henry on friendly terms
- BUT Thomas contradicted Henry at Woodstock (Sheriffs)
- Concordia Bishops saw canon laws above laws of the realm
- Becket refused to support Bishops at Clarendon
- Thomas tried in court for embezzlement + land issues
- Beckett flees to France, excommunicates government officials
- 400 members of Bekcet's housle deported
- Treaty of Montmirial
- Becket threatens to excommunicate Henry
- Thomas and Henry on friendly terms
- Henry's Power
- Church authority overlaps royal authority
- Investiture controversy
- King and Pope could appoint different bishops of the same region
- Kingly Prerogatives- God-given rights and authority
- Clarendon constitutions limited Church power
- Aimed to sort Church courts
- Church status
- Henry exploited Pope's troubles
- Walter de Lucy + Bishop Hilary supported Becket
- 5% of Englishmen clergy
- Church courts more lenient
- Henry exploited Pope's troubles
- Church status
- Church status
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