(1)
Read paragraphs 1-5 of the Thomas
Becket.
Write a passage about:
(a) Thomas Becket's behaviour
before he became Archbishop of Canterbury;
(b) Thomas Becket's behaviour
after he became Archbishop of Canterbury.
(2)
Explain why King Henry II was angry with Thomas Becket in:
(a) 1163 (paragraphs 7,
8 and 9)
(b) 1164 (paragraph 10)
(c) 1170 (paragraphs 11
and 12)
(3)
Read paragraphs 6 and 11 in Thomas Becket and study Kentish
Manors in 1160. Why do some historians believe that Roger de Clare
was involved in the plot to overthrow Thomas Becket?
(4)
Read paragraph 11 of Thomas
Becket
and study the Drawing
of the Cathedral:
(a) What were the names
of the four knights who travelled to Canterbury?
(b) Why did the four knights
break into the Great Hall instead of entering by the nave door?
(5)
Read Edward Grim's account of the death of Thomas
Becket
and then describe in detail
what is happening in sources 36 and 37 in The Medieval World.
(6)
Read about Edward
Grim. Explain
why Edward Grim's account is so important in helping
historians understand what happened when Becket was killed.
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