but there is not a one of us 21st-century Americans who isn’t richer than Thomas Becket was. (Or richer than his king, for that matter.) And while King Henry II thought of himself as something ...
Henry appointed Thomas Becket as Archbishop of Canterbury in an ... videoThe Jury A look at the development of the jury under Henry II and its growing significance with the end of trial by ordeal ...
Historians have long debated whether his murder was on the orders of Henry II or if it was a terrible mistake. Thomas Becket would claim that he was serving his duty as Archbishop of Canterbury by ...
Thomas Becket was born about 1119 in what is now ... Bec later recommended Becket to be Lord Chancellor of England, to which Henry II appointed him in 1155. Becket and the King had a very friendly ...
Getty Images One image in Canterbury's medieval glass depicts Henry II doing penance at the tomb of St Thomas in 1174 But like everything connected with Becket and his cult, the shrine was ...
On 29 December 1170, Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, was brutally murdered in his cathedral by four knights of his King and one-time friend, Henry II. In the space of ten years, a close ...
He was known as Henry 'Curtmantle' or 'Fitz Empress' when he was young and succeeded King Stephen in October 1154. Archbishop Thomas a Becket disagreed with the King's wishes and a rash phrase spoken ...
Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury ... The four knights who attacked him believed they were acting on the orders of King Henry II. The service, at 17:30 GMT, will be live streamed ...
A shine to St Thomas Becket who was murdered in Canterbury ... the rights of the Church after a bitter dispute with Henry II. Dr John Jenkins, historical researcher on the reconstruction team ...