History A-Level
Church–state relations with the papacy
What Church–state relations with the papacy means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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The case of Archbishop Carranza of Toledo, arrested by Valdés in 1559, severely strained relations with the papacy.
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