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NOTE: The chapters in the text of Hume's History of England are not subdivided into Sections, as my posts will be. The Sections will broadly (not always exactly) correspond with the subdivisions of the LibraVox recording of the book to which I am listening.
Abuses of the civil power against a single individual
I'm convinced this was an important conflict, especially when it come to question of civil vs ecclesiastical power. So I organized the text with Sub-Headings to help me understand the proceedings.
HENRY ATTEMPT#1,
"[...] by means of that very power which Becket made such merit in supporting. He applied to the pope [Alexander III], that he should grant the commission of legate in his dominions to the Archbishop of York [instead of Canterbury, where Beckett was]; [...]"
David Hume, History of England, Vol.1, Ch.8, Section 3, 1762
RESPONSE TO HENRY ATTEMPT#1
"[...] but [Pope Alexander III], as politic as he,
though he granted the commission,
annexed a clause, that it should not empower the legate to execute any act of prejudice of the Archbishop of Canterbury [currently Beckett]; [...]"
David Hume, History of England, Vol.1, Ch.8, Section 3, 1762 (italics & formatting added)
OUTCOME OF HENRY ATTEMPT#1
"[...] and the king, finding how fruitless such an authority [that is, having the Bishop of York be the representative for the Pope in England, but without power to further weaken Canterbury] would prove , sent back the commission by the same messenger that brought it."
David Hume, History of England, Vol.1, Ch.8, Section 3, 1762
BECKET RESPONSE to OUTCOME OF HENRY ATTEMPT#1
"The primate, however, who found himself still exposed to the king's indignation, endeavoured twice to escape secretly from the kingdom, but was as often detained by contrary winds; [...]"
David Hume, History of England, Vol.1, Ch.8, Section 3, 1762
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