Queen Eleanor Independent Spirit Of The Medieval World: An Analysis

In the novel,”Queen Eleanor Independent Spirit of the Medieval World A biography of Eleanor of Aquitaine,” written by Polly Schoyer Brooks, Henry of Anjou, or better known as King Henry of England, accused Becket, a loyal friend of Henry’s, of choosing God over him, the king. This loathly act caused Becket to be brutally killed in the church by Henry’s knights. This was Henry’s fault because he made the crux to make Becket his next archbishop after the other one died. The next day people were taken aback when they saw Becket dressed in a black robe, because it was prominent that he regularly he wore showy clothing. As of this, Becket, the “changed man,” resigned his job as a chancellor. From this quote from the text,”It was obvious that his former friend was shifting his loyalty from the King to the church,” you can tell from the author’s point of view that Beckett is no longer considered Henry’s friend in her eyes.
This was prominent in the novel because the quote,”Soon the old friends were quarreling,” shows that Henry and Becket regular got into predicaments because of Becket’s loss of loyalty to the king because of Henry’s unwise decision. Lets just say that Henry created a great fissure in their friendship. Henry thought to use Beckett as a way to meddle in church law, but after Becket became archbishop, he disagreed with Henry. Now, they were less of acquaintances, because soon Henry was so seething, he sent his guards to Canterbury and they found Becket praying by the altar and told him to say that he was loyal to the king. Sadly, Beckett said he wouldn’t and they brutally killed