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David Hume — The History Of England I
David Hume
The History Of England I
Volume I
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER VIII.
HENRY II.
STATE OF EUROPE—OF FRANCE.—FIRST ACTS OF HENRY'S GOVERNMENT— DISPUTES BETWEEN THE CIVIL AND ECCLESIASTICAL POWERS.THOMAS À BECKET, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.—QUARREL BETWEEN THE KING AND BECKET.— CONSTITUTIONS OF CLARENDON.—BANISHMENT OF BECKET.—COMPROMISE WITH HIM.—HIS RETURN FROM BANISHMENT.—HIS MURDER—GRIEF AND SUBMISSION OF THE KING.