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| Keywords: BecketHenryII.jpg en St Thomas Becket faces King Henry II in a dispute; Henry II and Thomas A'Beckett from a contemporary manuscript In 1162 King Henry II persuaded his Chancellor Thomas Becket to become Archbishop of Canterbury although Becket warned him that his chief loyalty would then be to the Church and not to the king They disagreed about many matters One of the most important was whether clergy who had broken the law could be tried in the King's courts or whether they could appear only before the Church courts Eventually in 1170 Becket was murdered by three of the King's knights and Henry was blamed This is taken from 'Peter of Langtoft Chronicle of England' This manuscript was probably written and pictures added during the reign of Edward II 1307-1327 cs Disputace Jindřicha II a Tomáše Becketa http //www traditioninaction org/SOD/SODimages3/108_BecketHenryII jpg; original held in British Library Royal 20 A II folio Peter of Langtoft 1307-1327 century 14 PD-US PD-old-100 Miniatures of Thomas Becket Henry II of England Peter of Langtoft Chronicle of England c 1307-c 1327 - BL Royal MS 20 A II | ||||
