Volume 1 — CHAPTER VIII.
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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