Western Civilization I / Unit 11 WC1 1023 short lesson, about 20 seconds
England: Henry II's Courts, Juries, and Becket
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The idea
Under William's heirs all land was the king's. Henry II, eleven fifty-four to eighty-nine, used sheriffs, circuit courts and grand juries: the common law's beginning. His quarrel with Archbishop Becket ended in Becket's murder in eleven seventy, on the primary layer.
In practice
The Constitutions of Clarendon, Henry's claims over the clergy.
Where people slip
Becket rests on the primary layer alone.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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