History A-Level
Legal reform and custom
What Legal reform and custom means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Legal reform and custom
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Henry demanded reform to curb church courts, limit appeals to Rome and subject clergy to royal justice, codified as royal customs.
Topics that use Legal reform and custom
- Henry II and the English church, 1154–74 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Church courts
- Clerical interference in secular affairs
- The limits of royal authority over the church
- The papacy as an arbiter in national disputes
- The political use of penance and ritual
- Exile and political resistance
- Papal influence
- Personal loyalty and betrayal
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