WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Constitutions of Clarendon were a set of legislative procedures passed by Henry II of England in 1164. The Constitutions were composed of 16 articles and represent an attempt to restrict ecclesiastical privileges and curb the power of the Church courts and the extent of papal authority in England.

Detailed explanation-2: -Constitutions of Clarendon, 16 articles issued in January 1164 by King Henry II defining church–state relations in England. Designed to restrict ecclesiastical privileges and curb the power of the church courts, the constitutions provoked the famous quarrel between Henry and his archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Constitutions of Clarendon represent an attempt by Henry II in 1164 a.d to exert state control over the Church in England. WHAT ARE THEY MADE OF? Constitutions were composed of 16 articles, which made the Church submitted to the Crown. The King was more powerful than the Church.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Constitutions of Clarendon have been variously seen either as an innovation by Henry to control the church in England or an attempt to reassert controls that had been established as a result of the Norman Conquest.

Detailed explanation-5: -How did the Constitutions of Clarendon limit Papal power while increasing King Henry II’s power? Clergy members had to be tried in a royal court. The Pope was named by King Henry II. The Pope had to allow the King of England to be the sole judge of clergy crimes.