A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . as, aftera time, brought to give his as-sent. But the sovereign nolonger had any confidence inhim, and sought a pretext forgetting rid of him. During ameeting of the estates at North-ampton an open rupture oc-curred ; and the king had thearchbishop convicted of breachof fealty, and sentenced to aheavy fine. The latter gave noheed to the sentence, but, re-nouncing the Constitutions ofClarendon, previously acceptedby him, appealed to the consequence was a bitterecclesiastical conflict, in which the
A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . as, aftera time, brought to give his as-sent. But the sovereign nolonger had any confidence inhim, and sought a pretext forgetting rid of him. During ameeting of the estates at North-ampton an open rupture oc-curred ; and the king had thearchbishop convicted of breachof fealty, and sentenced to aheavy fine. The latter gave noheed to the sentence, but, re-nouncing the Constitutions ofClarendon, previously acceptedby him, appealed to the consequence was a bitterecclesiastical conflict, in which the despotic king had not only thelay nobles, but the majority of the clergy, on his side. The arch-bishop, dreading the worst, fled to France, where Pope AlexanderIII. was also a fugitive at that time. From the pontiff Becket didnot receive the energetic support he hoped, but was involved in longnegotiations with the pope, in the course of which the church ad-monished him to make his peace with his sovereign ; for the popecould not dispense with the good-will of England in liis struggle. Flu. 100. — Seal of the Archbishop of Can-terbury. In the field is represented themurder of .St. Thomas ä Becket. Sizeof original. (Berlin.) 228 FRANCE AND ENGLAND FROM TO 1272. with Frederick, and was thus forced to restrain Becket from makingtoo free use of his spiritual weapons, especially of the ban. Not till1170 did Alexander 111. succeed in bringing about an ostensibleaccommodation, which, though virtually conceding the kings de-mands, by no means mitigated the rancor on either side. Beckethad to return to Canterbury without having received the kiss ofpeace at a meeting lie had with the king at Tours. New disputesimmediately arose, which Henrj^s vassals, who had grown rich atthe expense of the archie piscopal foundation, fostered out of anxietyfor their acquisitions. In a moment of irritation, the sovereign gavevent to the cry, that among all his vassals there was not one torevenge
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