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Council of Reims

Type Event Region Europe Time 1164

In summer 1164, Pope Alexander III convened a church council at Reims, France, attended by King Louis VII, to heal the papal schism, win over German …

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  1. 1164Reims Cathedral · ReimsAlexander III convened a council of bishops at Reims, with Louis VII attending as king of France and providing political protection. Bishops from France, England, and parts of Germany attended, giving the council high symbolic significance against the backdrop of the papal schism.
  2. 1164Reims · ReimsThe council arranged reconciliations for several bishops who had followed the imperial antipope, with the Archbishop of Cologne and others reconsidering their relationship with Alexander III under pressure. The council also discussed church discipline, crusade appeals, and curial finances, seeking to consolidate Alexander's church network amid the schism.
  3. 1164Reims · ReimsAs the Council of Reims convened, the dispute over England's Constitutions of Clarendon was at its height, with the confrontation between Becket and Henry II becoming another focus of European church politics. Though the council did not directly adjudicate Becket's case, it reinforced Alexander III's position as the church's supreme arbiter and set a precedent for subsequent curial intervention in the English dispute.

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