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The Becket controversy or Becket dispute was the quarrel between Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket and King Henry II of England from 1163 to 1170. [1] The controversy culminated with Becket's murder in 1170, [ 2 ] and was followed by Becket's canonization in 1173 and Henry's public penance at Canterbury in July 1174.
Convicted on the charges, Becket stormed out of the trial and fled to the Continent. [ 1 ] Henry pursued the fugitive archbishop with a series of edicts , targeting Becket and all Becket's friends and supporters, but King Louis VII of France offered Becket protection.
Becket or The Honour of God (French: Becket ou l'honneur de Dieu), often shortened to Becket, is a 1959 stage play written in French by Jean Anouilh. It is a depiction of the conflict between Thomas Becket and King Henry II of England leading to Becket's assassination in 1170. [1] It contains many historical inaccuracies, which the author ...
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On March 5, 2020, Lindberg was found guilty of conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud and bribery by the jury. [32] [33] After he was convicted, Lindberg filed a motion seeking a judgment of acquittal or a new trial; the motion was denied. [34] He also filed a lawsuit against Causey, accusing him of abusing power and entrapment. [35]
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The Vatican’s chief prosecutor has appealed a court verdict that largely dismantled his theory of a grand conspiracy to defraud the Holy See of millions of euros but found a cardinal guilty of ...
A judge denied the new trial, saying the new evidence was not material enough to change the outcome. [48] On November 18, 2022, Holmes was sentenced to 11.25 years (135 months) in prison. The sentence included a fine of $400, or $100 for each count of fraud, and a three-year supervised release after the prison term was served. [49]