The Death Of Thomas Beckett
The Death Of Thomas Beckett
This essay will be about Thomas Beckett’s death, the cause for it, who was to blame and all events between that. This is all based on true facts and evidence, but will have some personal opinions.
Thomas Beckett was a close friend of King Henry II. Henry had begun to have problems with the church, as he believed they were lenient on the workers there, and employed people without his consent. To rid himself of the problems, he made Beckett arch bishop of the church. He did this thinking that Beckett would be able to convince the church to take Henry’s thoughts into consideration. However, this plan backfired, when Beckett became devoted to the church and the catholic religion. He ignored Henry’s wishes and started doing things which irritated him.
King Henry was very angered by his actions, and made sure Thomas was fired from his job. Beckett became petrified, so he fled to France. Beckett returned to England, and made peace with Henry again. He was also awarded his job back. Despite this, Beckett still did things that annoyed King Henry.
The main thing that annoyed Henry was the fact that Beckett could fire bishops whenever he wanted, and he did so often. When Beckett was told to give them their jobs back, he refused. This angered the king to a high extent.
Whilst in his throne room one day, Henry shouted to nobody in particular; “Who will rid me of this meddlesome priest?!” Four guards who were eavesdropping on Henry heard, and decided to rid Henry of Beckett permanently.
The guards went to find Beckett, who at that time, was in the cathedral as arch bishop, with a few other bishops. The guards knocked on the door and called for Thomas Beckett. The bishops refused to give Beckett up, so the guards began to beat down the door. They got in to the cathedral, but the bishops tried to hide Beckett. However, Beckett refused to stay hidden stating that the house of god should not be turned into a murder zone.
The guards
This essay will be about Thomas Beckett’s death, the cause for it, who was to blame and all events between that. This is all based on true facts and evidence, but will have some personal opinions.
Thomas Beckett was a close friend of King Henry II. Henry had begun to have problems with the church, as he believed they were lenient on the workers there, and employed people without his consent. To rid himself of the problems, he made Beckett arch bishop of the church. He did this thinking that Beckett would be able to convince the church to take Henry’s thoughts into consideration. However, this plan backfired, when Beckett became devoted to the church and the catholic religion. He ignored Henry’s wishes and started doing things which irritated him.
King Henry was very angered by his actions, and made sure Thomas was fired from his job. Beckett became petrified, so he fled to France. Beckett returned to England, and made peace with Henry again. He was also awarded his job back. Despite this, Beckett still did things that annoyed King Henry.
The main thing that annoyed Henry was the fact that Beckett could fire bishops whenever he wanted, and he did so often. When Beckett was told to give them their jobs back, he refused. This angered the king to a high extent.
Whilst in his throne room one day, Henry shouted to nobody in particular; “Who will rid me of this meddlesome priest?!” Four guards who were eavesdropping on Henry heard, and decided to rid Henry of Beckett permanently.
The guards went to find Beckett, who at that time, was in the cathedral as arch bishop, with a few other bishops. The guards knocked on the door and called for Thomas Beckett. The bishops refused to give Beckett up, so the guards began to beat down the door. They got in to the cathedral, but the bishops tried to hide Beckett. However, Beckett refused to stay hidden stating that the house of god should not be turned into a murder zone.
The guards