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Often appears with: papal letters and authority · king vs clergy conflict · excommunication · conspiracy and assassination · censorship and the press
Usually: argument (1) · betrayal (1) · injustice endured (1) · indignation (1)
Froissart continues with examples of conflict between kings and clergy, including Thomas of Arundel and papal letters, and then turns to broader claims about clerical ambition and excommunication practices.
way to keep it still, maugre his displeasure, and yet not to swear obedience unto him for all that he should be able to do or perform unto the contrary.... Hereby you see how King Stephen was dealt withal. And albeit the Archbishop of Canterbury is not openly to be touched herewith, yet it is not to be doubted but he was a doer in it, so far as might tend to the maintenance of the right and prerogative of holy churc…