Shaw, Henry, 1800-1873, William Pickering (Firm) · London : William Pickering · leaf 87
THE MITRE OF THOMAS BECKET. … URINGthe twelfthcentury,the bish-ops andhigher ec-clesiasticscombinedin them-selves thedoublecharacterof tempo-ral baronsand minis-ters of thechurch.What was then called the church, was a vast political power whichclaimed a feudal superiority over all the kings and princes ofthe earth ; and its…
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