Leaders of the People

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Joseph Clayton. Leaders of the People

Leaders of the People

Table of Contents

PREFACE

Archbishop Anselm and Norman Autocracy. 1093–1109

ARCHBISHOP ANSELM AND. NORMAN AUTOCRACY 1093–1109

Thomas of Canterbury. The Defender of the Poor 1162–1170

THOMAS OF CANTERBURY. THE DEFENDER OF THE POOR 1162–1170

William FitzOsbert, called Longbeard. The First English Agitator 1196

WILLIAM FITZOSBERT. CALLED LONGBEARD, THE. FIRST ENGLISH AGITATOR 1196

Stephen Langton and the Great Charter. 1207–1228

STEPHEN LANGTON AND. THE GREAT CHARTER 1207–1228

Bishop Grosseteste, the Reformer. 1235–1253

BISHOP GROSSETESTE. THE REFORMER 1235–1253

Simon of Montfort and the English Parliament. 1258–1265

SIMON OF MONTFORT AND. THE ENGLISH PARLIAMENT 1258–1265

Wat Tyler and the Peasant Revolt. 1381

WAT TYLER AND THE. PEASANT REVOLT 1381

Jack Cade, the Captain of Kent. 1450

JACK CADE, THE. CAPTAIN OF KENT 1450

Sir Thomas More and the Freedom of Conscience. 1529–1535

SIR THOMAS MORE AND THE. FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE 1529–1535

Robert Ket and The Norfolk Rising. 1549

ROBERT KET AND THE. NORFOLK RISING. 1549

Eliot, Hampden, Pym, and the Supremacy of the Commons. 1625–1643

ELIOT, HAMPDEN, PYM, AND THE SUPREMACY. OF THE COMMONS. 1625–1643

John Lilburne and the Levellers. 1647–1653

JOHN LILBURNE AND. THE LEVELLERS 1647–1653

Winstanley the Digger. 1649–1650

WINSTANLEY THE DIGGER 1649–1650

Major Cartwright “The Father of Reform” 1775–1824

MAJOR CARTWRIGHT “THE FATHER OF REFORM” 1775–1824

Ernest Jones and Chartism. 1838–1854

ERNEST JONES AND. CHARTISM 1838–1854

Conclusion

CONCLUSION

Footnote

INDEX

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Joseph Clayton

Studies in Democratic History

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But if Anselm would be no party to what had become an intolerable evil, Henry would not give up the rights his father had exercised without a contest. He was willing to do his best for the Church, but it must be in his own way. “Pledging himself in his own heart and mind not to abate a jot of his supremacy over the clergy, he would exercise his authority in Church affairs somewhat more decently than his father, and a great deal more than his brother; but that was all.” (Sir F. Palgrave.)

Both Henry and Anselm recognized the gravity of the issue. Were the bishops and abbots to continue to receive investiture from the king they were “his men,” and his autocracy was established over all. Stop the investiture and the bishops were first and chiefly the servants of the Most High, acknowledging a sovereignty higher than that exercised by the princes of this world, and preferring loyalty to the Church Catholic and its Father at Rome, to blind obedience to the crown.

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