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Introduction v

PART I. STATUTES
1164 Constitutions of Clarendon 1
1166 Assize of Clarendon 3
1170 Inquest of Sheriffs—"The King's Officers at Fault" 5
1181 Assize of Arms 6
1188 Saladin Tithe 6
1205 The Levying of a Force 7
1213 Concession of England to the Pope 7
1213 Summons to a Council at Oxford 9
1215 Magna Charta 9
Extracts from the Dialogus de Scaccario, written by Richard Fitzneal, Bishop of London in Henry II.'s reign:
(1) The Exchequer 19
(2) Scutage and Murdrum 22
(3) Fusion of English and Normans 23
(4) Danegeld 24
(5) Forests 29
(6) Sheriffs and Bailiffs 29
(7) Liveries 30

PART II. MISCELLANEOUS SOURCES
1155. Henry puts His House in Order Roger de Hoveden 31
circ. 1155. Superstitions of the Irish and their Character Giraldus Cambrensis 32
circ. 1155. The Paganism of the Irish " 34
1154-57. A Tribal Dispute Song of Dermot 37
1155. Bull of Pope Adrian II. 39
1155-62. Becket's Early Life Roger of Wendover 40
1164. Dispute Concerning the Constitutions of Clarendon Roger de Hoveden 41
1165. Becket's Exile " 43
1170. His Return " 45
1170. His Saintly Life " 46
1171. His Death " 48
1168. Coming of Dermot Song of Dermot 49
1170. Earl Richard in Ireland " 49
1171-72. Henry II.'s Invasion of Ireland " 53
1172. Synod of Cashel Giraldus Cambrensis 55
1173. Disputes of Henry II. and His Sons Roger de Hoveden 57
1174. Trouble with Scotland " 58
1174. The Penance of Henry " THE ANGEVINS AND
THE CHARTER

(1154-1216)


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