Cardinal Alberic, papal legate, visited England in 1138 to hold a church council at Westminster and mediate between King Stephen and the church. The visit had military context as Stephen used it to seek legitimacy for his arrest of bishops and his ongoing campaigns. The legate's presence constrained Stephen's actions and required him to demonstrate deference to church authority even as he violated it.
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