THE ÂÉEAÔF THOMAS BECKET.
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claimed a feudal superiority of all the kings and princes of
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t^ ^ hurch defended itself openly J H the sword, or by the no
less!r(perhaps more) effectiye ’warfare off
TK&vdJrect war betw eon "< fjurc li andj^ state' in la^tc d more than
began withyl^ illiafu,Ilufus, who rfhw^^to mknowledge tbe
pope P^t forth inf
thelpcf'UiKpT Asf^diif; and continued with little
'first Edward forced?-, the
p iu ^ v to pa\ Tims During .this long period,
th e!?s..r^ a^ ^S ttp lordinary person amongst the
.great eharnpinrij'of the church, ill its claims to
t h w . I s ^ i l l umms'jBecket, Archbishop
^"Canterbury, V)fy#l^pirtaf remarkable memo*
ria l' iiVipresM’yed' - in the series, of Vestments
wh|||fSre Represented iff this and the following