CHAPTER VIII. THE CHURCH AND THE NATION.

Character of the Reign of Edward I.--Archbishop Peckham-- Statute of Mortmain--Conquest of Wales--Circumspecte Agatis-- Expulsion of the Jews--Clerical Taxation and Representation in Parliament--Breach between the Crown and the Papacy-- Confirmation of the Charters--Archbishop Winchelsey and the Rights of the Crown--The English Parliament and Papal Exactions--Church and State during the Reign of Edward II.-- Papal Provisions to Bishoprics--The Bishops and Secular Politics--The Province of York--Parliament and Convocation 161