CHAPTER VII. VASSALAGE.

The Alliance between the Church and the Crown--Coronation of John--Quarrel between John and the Pope--The Interdict-- Vassalage of England--The Great Charter--Papal Tutelage of Henry III.--Taxation of Spiritualities--Papal Oppression-- Edmund Rich, Archbishop--Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln--Alienation from Rome--Civil War--Increase of Clerical Pretensions--The Canon Law 135