Whether Henry actually intended to bring about the assassination of Becket is debatable, but there is no question that at the time of the murder, the two men were embroiled in a bitter dispute regarding the power of Royal Courts to exercise jurisdiction over former clergymen.

When unskilled fighters get embroiled in combat, a common reaction is to grab the opponent in an attempt to slow the situation down by holding them still, resulting in an unsystematic struggle that relies on brute force.

However, as the concept of odious debt is not accepted, trying to deal with the debt on those terms would have embroiled Iraq in legal disputes for years.

* " The Great Wall of Mars " ( 2000 ) by Alastair Reynolds, in which the most technologically advanced faction of humans is based on Mars and embroiled in an interplanetary war ; introduced some of the most important characters and groups in the Revelation Space universe.

Victor is a tragic comedy character and sympathy is directed towards him as he becomes embroiled in complex misunderstandings, bureaucratic vanity and, at times, sheer bad luck.

Tanzania is embroiled in a dispute with Malawi over the boundary in Lake Nyasa ( Lake Malawi ).

Meanwhile, the Roman Republic is embroiled in war against the Samnites, the Mauryan Empire continues to thrive in Ancient India, and the Kingdom of Qin in Ancient China, the one which in the future will conquer its adversaries and unite China, begins to emerge as a significant power during the Warring States Period.

In 1931, China is embroiled in a civil war.

) They meet up with Fiona and discover that the Logrus is making an attempt to damage Corwin's Pattern: but Merlin refuses to help Mandor and Fiona learn more, and returns to Amber, only to be embroiled in diplomatic controversy: in order to avoid Luke's possible accession to the throne of the Shadow kingdom Kashfa, Random is playing politics to put his own candidate on the throne, and the neighbouring kingdom of Begma objects to that particular candidate's territorial ambitions.

Æthelred's support for Wilfrid embroiled him in dispute with both Canterbury and Northumbria, and it is not clear what his motive was, though it may be relevant that some of Wilfrid's monasteries were in Mercian territory.

He is also embroiled in international espionage when he finds himself in possession of secret documents desperately desired by both the KGB and MI6.

Mary is secretly engaged to Dr. Jim Roper, but she is sexually drawn to Alfred, and soon the two are embroiled in a tempestuous relationship.

He is invited to Los Angeles by Constance and soon becomes embroiled in the dynastic intrigue of the Colbys, reuniting with his presumed-dead wife Fallon and estranged mother, and eventually discovering that his uncle Jason Colby is in fact his biological father.

On March 2, 2010, she appeared on an episode of NCIS as lead character Leroy Jethro Gibbs's former mother-in-law, who is embroiled in a murder investigation.

Brownlee is seated in the front row at left. At the time of Brownlee's appointment, the UGG was embroiled in an income tax dispute.

At some point ( the exact date is unknown ) Hicesias and Diogenes became embroiled in a scandal involving the adulteration or defacement of the currency, and Diogenes was exiled from the city.

Ethan quickly gets embroiled in some trouble: he is attacked by military agents from Cetaganda who are seeking the fugitive Terrence Cee as well as the lost tissue cultures, but Elli rescues him.

Carmen is essentially an archetypical Verismo opera: instead of kings and countesses the libretto features bullfighters, soldiers, factory workers and prostitutes embroiled in crime and violent passions.

The $ 64, 000 Question is an American game show broadcast from 1955 – 1958, which became embroiled in the scandals involving TV quiz shows of the day.

No date is assigned by Herodotus for this old feud ; recent writers, e. g. J.

A blood feud or vendetta occurs when arbitration between families or tribes fails or an arbitration system is non-existent.

One of the more modern refinements of the blood feud is the duel.

Their family is notable for their bitter feud with the Orsini family over influence in Rome until it was stopped by Papal Bull in 1511 ; in 1571 the Chiefs of both families married nieces of Pope Sixtus V.

Earlier ( I. i ), Boniface VIII is also mentioned for his role in sending Charles of Valois to Florence in 1300 to end the feud between the Black and White Guelphs.

Mumphord and Coach Don Shula were involved in a feud at the time and it is thought that Stuckey was given the starting job for this game because of Shula's and Mumphord's differences of opinion.

She is caught in the middle of the Terrill-Hannassey feud, as she has been allowing Hannassey to use her water for his cattle, while Terrill has been trying to buy her land in order to put Hannassey out of business.

A variation of the " A Chorus Line " instrumental was used as the basis of Tim Dog's debut single, the Ced Gee-produced " Fuck Compton ", which became a modest hit and is credited with helping to spark the East coast / West coast feud of the mid ' 90s.

Gradually, all the members of both gangs assemble on either side of Tony's body, showing that the feud is over.

* January 30 – Irish National Liberation Army leader Gino Gallagher is killed in an internal feud.

* King Richard II of England exiles his cousin Henry Bolingbroke ( the future Henry IV of England ) for 10 years in order to end Henry's feud with Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, who is also exiled.

The story concerns the emotionally fragile Lucy Ashton ( Lucia ) who is caught in a feud between her own family and that of the Ravenswoods.

Lawrence's plan is almost derailed when one of Ali's men kills one of Auda's because of a blood feud.

Sometimes the restoration of Horus ' eye is accompanied by the restoration of Set's testicles, so that both gods are made whole near the conclusion of their feud.

The Western depicts a society organized around codes of honor and personal, direct or private justice ( such as the feud ), rather than one organized around rationalistic, abstract law, in which social order is maintained predominately through relatively impersonal institutions.

" When the roughneck was at last killed by Achilles, for mocking the hero's lament over the death of the Amazon queen Penthesilea, a sacred feud was fought for Thersites ' sake ": Thersites ' cousin Diomedes, enraged at Achilles ' action, harnessed Penthesilea's corpse behind his chariot, dragged it and cast it into the Scamander, whence, however, it was retrieved and given decent burial, whether by Achilles or by the Trojans is not known from our fragmentary sources.

The events of the play broadly mirror those of the novel and give the main character, Oedipa, a greater context with which to consider her predicament ; the play concerns a feud between two rival mail distribution companies, which appears to be on-going to the present day, and in which, if this is the case, Oedipa has found herself involved.

Due to Arthur's intervention in the ensuing feud, the lady Creiddylad is returned to her father and an arrangement ( a dihenydd, or " fate ") is made that forces the adversaries to engage in single combat for the object of their love every May Day — while she is destined to remain with her father, unmarried — until a final battle on Judgement Day, which will determine who keeps her forever.

* 1866-1876 The Sutton-Taylor feud, which involves outlaw John Wesley Hardin, is the bloodiest and longest in Texas history.

This is believed to be the beginning of a feud between the two which brought the reputation of the Vice Presidency to its nadir for the 20th century.

A great feud ensued between the two that is re-enacted every year in the Itapa festival in Ile Ife, Nigeria.

In the course of a feud, Gunnarr is exiled and must leave Iceland but as he rides away from his home he is struck by the beauty of the land and resolves to stay ; this quickly leads to his death.