Zusammenfassung der Ressource
7. Consequences of the
dispute
- Crown
- + Henry still controlled
appointments
- + Royal permission needed
for appeals to Rome
- - Lost Becket to
defend customs
- + Profited from vacant
sees (Canterbury
remained vacant until
1174)
- + Ancient customs
not entirely repealed
- + Henry never
went on
crusade (part of
the Treaty of
Avranches)
- Church
- + Avranches favourable
terms for Rome
- + Appeals to
Rome granted
- + Constitutions renounced
- Criminous clerks
tried under canon
law
- + Free elections
- Henry to pay
public penance for
Becket's death
- + Primacy of
Canterbury
re-estabilshed
- + Church possessions restored
- + England allied with Rome
against Holy Roman
Emperor, Barabarossa
- My Opinion: The Crown gained more from the
dispute, as Henry still held authority over the
church (only a few constitutions had to be
revoked) and could not do this without the
opposition of the stubborn Thomas Becket. His
personality largely contributed towards the
conflict, meaning that once he was removed,
peace was bound to be restored between Crown
and Church. Furthermore, Henry did not carry out
all the promises from Avranches, such as going
on crusade, therefore was not overly punished.