Henry's carousing chum and chief administrator was a cleric by the name of Thomas Becket (sometimes wrongly called Thomas a Becket). When the See of Canterbury fell empty in 1162 Henry convinced a very reluctant Becket to become the new Archbishop. Henry II and Thomas a Becket Henry, ...
Thomas Becket, Henry II, Daughters and Sons: A Family Affairdoi:10.1080/00681288.2023.2216067C. HennessyJournal of the British Archaeological Association
Henry II was the son of Queen Matilda and he was the king of England. He formed a treaty with Stephen to become his heir, and got his crown after Stephen was dead in 1154. ThomasBecket was Henry II best friend and the chancellor of England. After he becamethe Archbishop of Canterbury,...
Related to Henry the Second:Thomas Becket Henry II1 1133-1189. King of England (1154-1189). The son of Princess Matilda, he founded the Plantagenet royal line and appointed Thomas à Becket as archbishop of Canterbury. His quarrels with Becket concerning the authority of the Crown over the ...
Henry II Thomas Becket King Henry II King Henry II was ruler of England during the 12th century. He and his loyal, Saxon Chancellor, Thomas Becket ruled over the state and government of England. With Becket at his side to provide insight and ideas Henry was a better ruler. Henry loved be...
Henry's expansion of royal justice did, however, bring him into conflict withthomas becket, the archbishop of Canterbury, who opposed the king's efforts to punish members of the clergy who had been convicted of crimes in ecclesiastical courts and removed from their clerical status. Becket was ...
对于12世纪英格兰国王亨利二世(HenryII)而言,找麻烦的是他钦点的坎特伯雷大主教托马斯-贝克特(ThomasBecket)。 www.ftchinese.com 4. CHURCHandstatehavebeenbattlinginBritainsincebeforeHenryIIhad hisArchbishopofCanterburybumpedoff. 在英国,自亨利二世(HenryII)杀了当时的坎特伯雷大主教(ArchbishopofCanterbury)[1,2]以来...
The long collection of miracles of St Thomas Becket written by William, a monk of Christ Church, Canterbury, between 1172 and c.1179 is, like many other examples of the genre, a rich source for attitudes towards sanctity, relics, and pilgrimage. A far more unusual feature of William's ...
Young Henry’s childhood is interesting, though there is not a great deal of detail known. It is worth noting that in 1162 he was placed in the household of Thomas Becket, who would later become Archbishop of Canterbury. This was a sign of high favour to Becket, and Young Henry would ...
Beaufort, Margaret, countess of Richmond and Derby Becket, Thomas Beecher, Lyman Bolingbroke Bosworth Field Burgh, Hubert de Canossa Cateau-Cambrésis, Treaty of References in classic literature ? "That certainly seems to explain some of your actions," Henry thought to himself. "Well, if you beli...