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thomas becket and henry ll
henry ll
king at 22
he was short strong , red hair freckalces and short tempered
he rieghed from 1154-1189
he spent most of his time in france maried elorne of aquitime
powerful and important king
he introdued changes in england on how it was run so more money could be rasied for the upkeep of the empire
henry ll and thomas becket
thomas was the son of a merchant he was not a nobble family
henry promoted becket to the role of ehaneoire
the two men became very close friends . worked hard to imporve the country together
henry hoped that with his friend in this role he would have more power for the church
crown vs crurch
the main argument was what should be done with the priests
in 1164 henry tried to force becket to agree a new set of rules
very quickly thomas did different of what henry wanted him to do
becket agreed to sign them changed his mind
becket flees
becket fled into exile in france in 1164
they met in 1189 but failed to sett;e their differences
henry was furisous. He wanted to put becket on the trail for a number of charges
eventually the recondiled their diffencenecs and in december 1170 becket returns to england
thomas becket and henry ll
an unfortunnate outburst
he complans about henry to the pope
as a result of these clams henry was enraged
he was accused of bulling the bishops
in a feity rage the king was reported to have shouted "will no one rid me of this turblent priest?"
as soon as becket returend home he bgans to asserthis authority
THE murder of becket
they first met becket unarmered but an argument started and did not arrest them
the kinights returend fully armerd
they travelled to canterbury with the intertion of arresting becket
a struggle followed and becket was MURDERED
the four knights heard henry and bielieved it was their change to impress ths king
becket the martyr
people claimed his dead body could even perform a miracke
thousands travelled to see his dead bady
martry = a person killed of their beliefes
this led to becket being viewed as a martry
in 11743 he was made a saint
before becket was burnied it was found was wearing clothes from horsehair
implications for henryy ll
his attabrupt end emepts to control the church came to an
in 1174 he walked thorugh the streets of canterbury barefoot while priests to whip him
he was blamed for beckets death by many and he actually seemed to be upset
beckets death was a disaster for henry ll