Clerical Exemption in Canon Law from Gratian to the Decretals
Anne J. Duggan
The question of clerical exemption from secular judgment was a core constituent the fierce dispute that set King Henry II England against Archbishop Thomas Becket Canterbury in 1163 and culminated latterâs murder Cathedral 1170. This paper traces Roman origin immunity, its confused treatment Gratianâs Decretum, working out reasonable modus vivendi through episcopal-papal consultation following eighty or so years.
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