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| c. 1170 |
| | | The English exchequer grows in importance under Henry II, taking its name from the table on which financial calculations are made | |
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| c. 1170 |
| | | The first known mystery play, the Mystery of Adam, takes place outside a church somewhere in France | |
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| 1170 |
| | | Henry II arranges for the archbishop of York to crown his son, the 'Young King', as a joint ruler | |
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| 1170 |
| | | Thomas Becket, in France, suspends the English bishops who have participated in the coronation of the 'Young King' | |
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| 1170 |
| | | After an apparent reconciliation with Henry II, Thomas Becket leaves France and returns to Canterbury | |
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| 1170 |
| | | Four knights, acting on an unguarded hint from Henry II, murder Thomas Becket on December 29 in his cathedral at Canterbury | |
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| 1171 |
| | | Saladin deposes the Fatimid caliph and brings Egypt back to orthodoxy, acknowledging the rule of the Sunni caliph in Baghdad | |
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| 1171 |
| | | The English king, Henry II, acknowledges Rhys ap Gruffydd as the lord of south Wales | |
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| 1171 |
| | | Henry II, the king of England, summons the Irish and Norman lords to do homage to him in Dublin | |
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| 1174 |
| | | The Scottish king, William the Lion, is captured raiding into Northumberland and is taken south with his feet tied beneath his horse | |
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