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The Medieval Church · 1163–1170
The Correspondence
Thomas Becket and his circle · c. 1120–1170
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What it is
Hundreds of letters from the six-year quarrel over whether clergy accused of crimes could be tried in royal courts, preserved by both sides.
Why it lasted
The best documented church–state conflict of the Middle Ages, ending in a murder in a cathedral and the king's public flogging.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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