HIST-102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Philip Ii Of France
18 Nov 2020
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A popular cult focused on his martyrdom arose instantly and his canonization became formal within three years. Miracles were reported to occur at his tomb. Canterbury quickly became england"s most popular pilgrimage site. For centuries, pilgrims came from all over europe to pray at his shrine. Henry was genuinely remorseful for his unintended complicity in the murder and even submitted to a penitential flogging by the canterbury canons. he refused to relinquish all his jurisdictional claims. His sons, now grown to manhood, plotted endlessly against him: usually with the encouragement of their mother eleanor of aquitaine and of capetian. It has been said of henry that he could govern everything but his own family. Henry had to campaign hard to quell them. in the end their united efforts defeated him. Lionheart (1189 1199): the second site of renewed church-state tensions was the german empire.
