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1
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In what year did Henry I surrender the right to appoint bishops and abbots?

A

1107

2
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In what year did Archbishop Theobald die?

A

1161

3
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What year was Thomas Becket duly elected as Archbishop of Canterbury?

A

1162

4
Q

Explain the term Canon Law?

A

The law of the church, giving clergymen the right to be tried in an ecclesiastical court which was often more lenient.

5
Q

What was the aim of the Constitutions of Clarendon?

A

Limiting the power of ecclesiastical courts by stating those who were found guilty were to be handed over to the King’s court for punishment.

6
Q

What happened at the Council of Woodstock in 1163?

A

Becket refused the payment of Sheriffs aid.

7
Q

What year were the Constitutions of Clarendon put forward?

A

1164.

8
Q

What happened at the Council of Westminster?

A

A dispute between Henry and the church regarding criminous clerks.

9
Q

What year was the Council of Wesminster?

A

1163

10
Q

What year did Henry’s younger brother William die?

A

1164

11
Q

Why did Henry blame Becket for his brother’s death?

A

Becket refused to allow his brother’s marriage due to family relations.

12
Q

What happened at the Council of Northampton?

A

Becket was forced to stand trial and charged with a series of financial offences regarding his time as chancellor.

13
Q

What year did Becket flee England?

A

1164

14
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How many years did Becket spend exiled in France?

A

6

15
Q

Which Baron showed Henry great support during the Becket dispute?

A

Gilbert Foliot

16
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What year did Henry organised the coronation of his son Young Henry?

A

1170

17
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In what year did Henry offer a compromise on the Constitutions of Clarendon?

A

1167

18
Q

Did Becket accept Henry’s compromise on the Constitutions of Clarendon?

A

No, many papal legates accepted but Becket himself refused.

19
Q

What did the pope do in 1168?

A

Wrote to Henry and Becket to suspend the feud until 1069 when Becket was to have his authority restored.

20
Q

What did Becket do in 1169?

A

Excommunicated Gilbert Foliot among other bishops.

21
Q

What year did Becket threat an interdict?

A

1170

22
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What year did Becket and Henry meet at Freteval?

A

1170

23
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What was Becket’s first act upon his return?

A

to excommunicate those involved in Young Henry’s coronation.

24
Q

What was the date of Becket’s murder?

A

29 December, 1170.

25
Q

Did Pope Alexander confirm the Constitutions of Clarendon?

A

No, he refused to confirm them in 1164

26
Q

What happened to those excommunicated by Becket during the feud?

A

Pope Alexander III pardoned those excommunicated during the feud.

27
Q

How did people react to Becket’s murder?

A

He became a martyr

28
Q

What year was Henry pardoned from his involvement in the murder?

A

1172

29
Q

How was Henry ‘punished’ for Becket’s murder?

A

He was threatened with an interdict which the Pope eventually refused.
Henry had to pay to provide 200 Knights to Jerusalem in the crusade.
Henry also agreed to abolish the changes he made to the church, including the constitutions of Clarendon.