During the middle ages, there was a struggle for power between the church and the state. I backed this up with the tale of Thomas Becket and Henry II.
Title: During the middle ages, there was a struggle for power between the church and the state. I backed this up with the tale of Thomas Becket and Henry II.
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Details: Words: 2281 | Pages: 8 (approximately 235 words/page)
During the middle ages, there was a struggle for power between the church and the state. I backed this up with the tale of Thomas Becket and Henry II.
Category: /History/World History
Details: Words: 2281 | Pages: 8 (approximately 235 words/page)
Kenny Nam
Thomas Becket vs Henry II
The High Middle Ages was a time of power struggles between the Church and the State. Increases in royal power and expeditions like the Crusades symbolized the teeter-totter of the balance of power between the two foundations, and a prime example of the fight for power is the conflict of Henry II, King of England, and Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury.
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…showed last 75 words of 2281 total…ower brought to his country much stir and conflict. Like any other power struggle, the churchly weapons of excommunication and interdict were what kept the church in command. As the eventful tale of these two men shows, the struggle for power between the Church and the State was not a peaceful dispute. Repeated, controversial conflicts just like this one occurred all over Europe, and like this one, the power never really shifted a great deal.