Following the murder of Archbishop Becket in 1170 and the subsequent papal interdict threats, Henry II performed public penance at Canterbury Cathedral in July 1174. He walked barefoot through the city and submitted to ceremonial scourging by monks at the tomb. This act of submission had direct military consequence — on the very day of the penance Ranulf de Glanvill captured King William of Scotland at Alnwick, interpreted as divine vindication. The penance ended the church-crown crisis.
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