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It all came to a head here at Clarendon, early in 1164, when Henry summoned a special council of the princes of the Church and the most important nobles of the realm. There he asked, well, actually, he demanded that they assent unconditionally to what he chose to call the " customs of the realm." Becket was no idiot. He knew exactly what this meant, royal control over the clergy. He' d seen it coming for months and had been urging his bishops to resist it at all costs. After endless prevarication, in the end Becket refused the King' s demands, ordering total resistance, a position from which he' d never budge. The King now moved the way he liked best, through the law. In October, 1164, Becket was brought to trial at Northampton, accused and this was the killer, of improper use of funds when he' d been Chancellor. So all those halfjoking comments about fancy clothes that Henry had thrown Becket' s way now stopped being funny. They' d become a deadly criminal accusation. |
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1164 nián chū, shì tài zài kè lā dēng gōng shòu dào jī huà, hēng lì zhào kāi le yī cì tè shū yì huì yóu jiào huì lǐng xiù hé guó nèi wèi gāo quán zhòng de guì zú zǔ chéng. tā yāo qiú, shí jì shang shì mìng lìng tā men wú tiáo jiàn dì zàn tóng. tā suǒ wèi de" wáng guó guàn lì" pǔ tōng fǎ, zhè cì huì yì shàng, quán tǐ guì zú tōng guò le yí gè kè lā lún dēng xiàn zhāng. bèi kè tè bìng fēi yú mèi zhī rén, tā duì qí zhōng shēn yì yī qīng èr chǔ. wáng shì xiǎng yào kòng zhì shén zhí rén yuán, tā zǎo zài shù yuè qián jiù yǐ yù liào dào, bìng yī zhí yāo qiú shǒu xià de zhǔ jiào men bù xī yī qiè fǎn duì. jīng guò wú qióng wú jìn de tuī wěi tuō yán, zuì zhōng, bèi kè tè jù jué le guó wáng de mìng lìng, bìng xià lìng quán miàn dǐ kàng. tā jué duì bú huì tuǒ xié, ér zhè cì guó wáng lì yòng tā zuì zhōng ài de fǎ lǜ fāng shì jiě jué. 1164 nián 10 yuè, bèi kè tè zài běi ān pǔ dùn jiē shòu shěn pàn. tā shòu dào le zhì mìng de zhǐ kòng, chēng tā zuò wéi dà fǎ guān céng bù dàng nuó yòng zī jīn. yīn cǐ, nèi xiē hēng lì duì yú bèi kè tè de huá fú, bàn kāi wán xiào de píng lùn yě dōu yǐ bù zài hǎo xiào, ér biàn chéng le zhì mìng de zhǐ kòng. |