中古時期英國18歌詞

It all came to a head here at Clarendon, early in 1164, when Henry summoned a special council of the princes of the Church and the most important nobles of the realm. There he asked, well, actually, he demanded that they assent unconditionally to what he chose to call the "customs of the realm." Becket was no idiot. He knew exactly what this meant, royal control over the clergy. He'd seen it coming for months and had been urging his bishops to resist it at all costs. After endless prevarication, in the end Becket refused the King's demands, ordering total resistance, a position from which he'd never budge. The King now moved the way he liked best, through the law. In October, 1164, Becket was brought to trial at Northampton, accused and this was the killer, of improper use of funds when he'd been Chancellor. So all those half-joking comments about fancy clothes that Henry had thrown Becket's way now stopped being funny. They'd become a deadly criminal accusation.
1164年初，事態在克拉登宮受到激化，亨利召開了一次特殊議會由教會領袖和國內位高權重的貴族組成。他要求，實際上是命令他們無條件地贊同。他所謂的"王國慣例"[《普通法》]，這次會議上，全體貴族通過了一個《克拉倫登憲章》。貝克特並非愚昧之人，他對其中深意一清二楚。王室想要控制神職人員，他早在數月前就已預料到，並一直要求手下的主教們不惜一切反對。經過無窮無盡的推諉拖延，最終，貝克特拒絕了國王的命令，並下令全面抵抗。他絕對不會妥協，而這次國王利用他最鍾愛的法律方式解決。1164年10月，貝克特在北安普頓接受審判。他受到了致命的指控，稱他作為大法官曾不當挪用資金。因此，那些亨利對於貝克特的華服，半開玩笑的評論也都已不再好笑，而變成了致命的指控。