Thomas Becket was known as the Saint Thomas of Canterbury, Thomas of London, and Thomas à Becket. He was born on the 21st of December 1118 and died on the 29th of December in the year 1170, when he was brutally murdered. Becket was a 12th century chancellor and archbishop of Canterbury whose murder resulted in him officially being called a saint. He was the son of a very wealthy London merchant . He immediately received a good education. Because he had such a good education he quickly became an agent to Theobald; The current Archbishop of Canterbury, who sent him on a lot of missions to Rome. His death is still one of the most famous stories of Medieval England.Back during the mid evil times and England the church had all the power. Everybody feared going to hell everybody or shipped it Catholic Church and they believed that the church could save your soul so that you can go to heaven. The pope based in Rome was the head of the Catholic Church of the time. This was the most important position at the time. The king of England did not even have the power to remove the pope from his position. The popes said that they could get rid of a king by causing his soul to go to hell. Because people had so much faith in church at the time the pope had tons of power. …show more content…
Nobody was surprised when he chose Thomas Becket they were very good friends at the time. Another reason that he appointed Thomas Beckett as the arc bishop was because he was all about power and at the time of somebody did something wrong if they worshiped at a church they had the ability to go to trial at the church instead of with the king. The king had little saying what happened in a church court, often the church quart gave a less harsh of a punishment then a royal court. King Henry the second was very smart with his decision because this gave him more of a say within the church court and he was able to express his