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... king , and entreated him that many practised it without any con- to take the contribution , which , although sciousness of sin . The king himself was ad- his first , would not be his last . A free gift , dicted to it ; nevertheless ...
... king , and entreated him that many practised it without any con- to take the contribution , which , although sciousness of sin . The king himself was ad- his first , would not be his last . A free gift , dicted to it ; nevertheless ...
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... king of the warning he had given him at Rochester , that he had , when abbot of Bec , promised allegiance to Urban , and could not recede from it . William , however , maintained that Anselm could not obey the pope against the king's ...
... king of the warning he had given him at Rochester , that he had , when abbot of Bec , promised allegiance to Urban , and could not recede from it . William , however , maintained that Anselm could not obey the pope against the king's ...
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... king's side , now thought he would be able to drive Anselm into a corner . He boasted to the king that he would force the primate either to renounce obedience to the pope , or to resign the archiepiscopal staff and ring . This fell in ...
... king's side , now thought he would be able to drive Anselm into a corner . He boasted to the king that he would force the primate either to renounce obedience to the pope , or to resign the archiepiscopal staff and ring . This fell in ...
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... king tightened his grip upon these wretched time- servers , required an unconditional renun- ciation of their ... king's writ and seal , against an expected attack from Normandy . So faithful was he to this trust that he refused ...
... king tightened his grip upon these wretched time- servers , required an unconditional renun- ciation of their ... king's writ and seal , against an expected attack from Normandy . So faithful was he to this trust that he refused ...
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... king's own honour and profit , it was needful he should go , and if the king would not grant leave he must go without it , obey- ing God rather than man . The bishops again urged submission . You have spoken well , ' said Anselm ; ' do ...
... king's own honour and profit , it was needful he should go , and if the king would not grant leave he must go without it , obey- ing God rather than man . The bishops again urged submission . You have spoken well , ' said Anselm ; ' do ...
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