Henry II of England Essays

St. Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury. Thomas Becket was born in London, England. Who was also known as “Thomas of London,” the son of Gilbert Becket. As Thomas Becket in his childhood, he was educated in Paris, London, and Martin Priory. When he was twenty-one years old his mom died. Three years later after the tragic death, his father introduced him to Archbishop of Theobald and several other Bishops. In 1143, Thomas Becket earned the respect and the confidence from Theobald, his abilities

The Plantagenets were a huge royal house that originated both in France and England. The name Plantagenet was used by historians to recognize four unmistakable illustrious houses; the Angevins who were likewise Counts of Anjou, the principle body of the Plantagenets taking after the loss of Anjou, and the places of Lancaster and York, the Plantagenets' two cadet branches. During this period, there were massive amounts of violence and corruption due to the Hundred Year’s War, the Peasant Revolt and

As stated earlier, after promoting Thomas Becket from manager of public relations to chancellor, King Henry expected him to do anything he told him to do. Thomas Becket did not feel that some of the changes of limiting the clergy were in accordance with his beliefs, so he argued and refused to sign the papers. Eventually, this became so much of a problem that Thomas Becket had to leave England and go to France, with King Henry’s greatest rival, for six years. "The King continued doggedly in his

Dramatically at Cathedral The Medieval News King Henry II How did Becket DIE??? Becket got killed by the knights all because of an misunderstanding of the king’s quote. ‘Would no one rid me out of this troublesome priest!’ The knights without questioning thought that the king wanted to kill Becket, so they went to the Cathedral. But since Becket didn’t lock the door, run away or fight back, so that was the end of Thomas Becket. Background of Becket and Henry Henry and Becket were originally good and loyal

Duchess of Aquitaine, Queen of France, Duchess of Normandy, and Queen of England; Eleanor of Aquitaine was arguably the most influential woman in history. After her father died in the early 1100s when she was fifteen, Eleanor became Duchess of Aquitaine, perhaps the most powerful Duchy in France at the time. She had been raised with almost no guidance after her mother died when she was a young child and because of this, she became very independent. After her father died, she immediately married

married Henry of Anjou, who became King of England, which made her Queen of England. Cause of death: The cause of Eleanor’s death is unspecified. Page 3: Achievements.

In the middle of the 12th century, King Henry II had a friend and trusted confidante in the person of Thomas Becker. In late 1170, Henry II’s words would incite four knights to murder Becket. In this paper, we will examine the proposition that Becket deliberately pursued a policy that led to his murder to advance his cause. Becket was the son of a London merchant, by training an accountant, who rose to become the Archbishop of Canterbury. Becket had worked for his cousin who was a banker. In 1145

Many people plotted to kidnap her, so she sent letters to Henry of Anjou telling him to marry her. After this decision, she had her chief vassals renew their allegiance to her and approve of her choice of husband. As vassals of the king of France, Eleanor and Henry both had to get Louis’s approval before they were married, but they decided not to. Unlike Eleanor and Louis, Eleanor and Henry were well matched. They were both intelligent, ambitious, strong-willed, and very

and languages” (“Eleanor” 2009). Her life came out to be an abundant amount of opportunities that led her to not become Queen of France and Queen of England, but also became an inspiration to women all around by not sticking to the status quo of her time. Eleanor of Aquitaine used her inherited land from King William X, marriages to Louis XII and Henry II and neglecting the

After many boring years with Louis and her two daughters, she obtained a divorce and married King Henry II of England. The fifteen years following her marriage with Henry were the most exciting years of her life. She had eight other children, among them were Richard and John Lackland. She was independent and was capable of ruling by herself. She

(Dean and Thomson 69) Eleanor of Aquitaine was crowned the Queen of France at the age of 15 after marrying into the crown, undeniably young for her position of power. But, it was because of her position as Queen of France and eventually Queen of England that helped her to make an impact on Medieval women and their roles in society. Eleanor was strong willed and never stopped fighting for others to see things her way, which in many cases was not the normal way in the Middle Ages. Her way of thinking

choice was made, that soon followed by a downfall. Decision making is one of, if not the most important quality of a leader. Another contributing factor is the temperament of a leader. King John was the youngest son of Henry II. He gained heir to the throne in 1199. As King of England, his first task was the war with France, which was caused by his second marriage. About 7 years later, King John had lost many regions. This was a detrimental blow to his reputation, causing him to do whatever it took

this time it was very common for the pope to bend the rules for royals. This was because there was a constant fight between secular and religious power and the annulment would give the pope a leg up on secular leaders (Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen of England). In order for the pope to declare the annulment, he proved that Eleanor and her husband were actually cousins therefore, making the marriage illegal. It is unknown whether that fact was true or made up as a reason to end their

Queen of England Bernard and Louis organized a pilgrimage to Palestine during the Second Crusades in an attempt to regain the Holy Land. Eleanor tagged along with several of her fellow ladies, promising Louis the participation from the men of Aquitaine. She was met with numerous hardships such as ridding herself of most of her luggage, which disillusioned her of the travel when she arrived at Antioch, where she was reunited with her handsome uncle, Raymond of Poitiers. Raymond lavished the ladies

During the Medieval times chivalry was one of the most important characteristics a knight could display. Chivalry was viewed as a moral obligation that involved bravery, honor, respect, and gallantry. Knights were expected to uphold this code or face social consequences for any infractions, with punishments ranging from humiliation to termination of their knighthood. “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” presents the struggles knights faced with honoring the chivalrous code at all times. Sir Gawain,

lieutenant Frederic Henry who serves in the Italian ambulance corps and the English nurse Catherine Barkley who works at an Italian hospital. Reading A farewell to arms, you discover that not only war and love are important themes in the book, a closer look at how and when religious terms appear in the novel A Farewell to Arms quickly disclose religion is not just a minor theme in the book, but most likely the strongest one of all. Ernest Hemingway first presents Frederic Henry as an atheist, someone

In his play, Becket, Jean Anouilh utilizes the character of Becket to explore his idea of identity. Becket knows his identity very well yet he struggles with it due to his current position as servant of Henry. He demonstrates this when receiving an order of Henry’s and can do nothing accept listen and say “of course my lord” (Anouilh). Becket portrays as an unlucky Saxon who must be a servant the king. His identity does not change as he must obey all of Henry’s requests. The knowledge of his identity

Church has just as much and even more power than the government in Europe. This is demonstrated especially in the cases of Thomas Becket vs King Henry II, Pope Urban’s call for the crusade and Pope Gregory VII and King Henry IV, in each case the Catholic Church won over the European government. During the events of the tension with Thomas Becket and Henry II, the ultimate victory was the Catholic Church. This was because of the townspeople who were still viewing Becket as an important figure in the

Elizabeth, however, was loved by the British in a way that Eleanor was not by the French. Elizabeth and George VI reigned during World War II, and it was said that Elizabeth’s strength helped her husband and the country survive through the war (Newsmakers, Gale). She made patriotic broadcasts and traveled to hospitals and areas that were bombed to comfort the people (Elizabeth the Queen Mother

go to plan, Eleanor left Louis and soon after married Henry, Duke of Normandy. When Henry’s father died, Henry and Eleanor were crowned king and queen of England. Years passed, and Eleanor left Henry to start a new life on her own. Not long after, Eleanor was rumoured to supporting her oldest son Richard’s plot to steal his father’s throne and she was imprisoned for treason. After sixteen years of living in prison, Eleanor was released by Henry. She then returned to some of her duties as queen, and