King Henry Vs Bennett Analysis

King Henry II and Thomas Bennett were very close friends . Henry was the king of England and he had a great opportunity . The Theobald archbishop of Canterbury was the head of church of england and he saw potential in Thomas. He put him under his church tree and through that Thomas gained experiences and had great success and was the archbishop's servant and trustworthy.King Henry II appointed Thomas as a position of chancellor of england. Now the chancellor is an important job because it was second in command to the king. This man was given great power. Becket had done amazing performances and he revolutionized england's government. He had the reputation of being a loyal worker to Henry.Along the way Henry and Thomas had become friends.

Now the archbishop of canterbury had died and Henry now had the decision to chose the next archbishop. So he made his close friend Thomas into a archbishop of Canterbury.Now if the king made one of his friends the archbishop then he could have authority over the church.He could have authority of the state over the England’s courts . Thomas was his close friend and someone who was loyal to Henry. Now Henry felt that he was gonna get the power of the church .But what
Thomas excommunicated a noble person becasue he disobeyed a church order.Now each were representing two differnt things the church and the state.Now Henry knew Becket was holding 2 advantageous postions in the church so Henry had raised the awareness of the plural appoinment. In which was illegal to hold more than one church position and so because of this becket had to discard the archdeaconry of canterbury . Along with that he appointed a norman monk clerambault (abbot of st augustine's monastery and the monk was known for being corrupted). During the Council of Westminster Henry and Thomas gave each other a speech on how each court system was to be upheld and Thomas had proofed his point and the church had won this