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Becket turned his administrative abilities and diplomatic finesse as a distinguished chancellor into ardour and devotion as archbishop. He became as strong a supporter of the papacy as he had once been of the king and freely excommunicated courtiers and nobles for their unlawful use of church property and other breaches. In the face of the king’s intent to imprison him, Becket exiled himself to France for six years. He returned to England following a partial reconciliation with the king, only to begin quarreling with him anew. | Becket turned his administrative abilities and diplomatic finesse as a distinguished chancellor into ardour and devotion as archbishop. He became as strong a supporter of the papacy as he had once been of the king and freely excommunicated courtiers and nobles for their unlawful use of church property and other breaches. In the face of the king’s intent to imprison him, Becket exiled himself to France for six years. He returned to England following a partial reconciliation with the king, only to begin quarreling with him anew. | ||
On December 29, 1170, he was brutally murdered in Canterbury Cathedral when four knights of the court took literally the king’s remark that he wished to be rid of “this turbulent priest.” Uncompromising to the end, Becket told the knights: “If all the swords in England were pointing at my head, you would never make me betray either God or the Pope.” More than five hundred healing miracles were attributed to him only a few years after his death, and he was canonized three years later. | On December 29, 1170, he was brutally murdered in Canterbury Cathedral when four knights of the court took literally the king’s remark that he wished to be rid of “this turbulent priest.” Uncompromising to the end, Becket told the knights: “If all the swords in England were pointing at my head, you would never make me betray either God or the Pope.” More than five hundred healing [[miracles]] were attributed to him only a few years after his death, and he was canonized three years later. | ||
[[File:Hans Holbein, the Younger - Sir Thomas More - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Thomas More wearing the chain of office of chancellor|''Sir Thomas More'', by Hans Holbein the Younger (1527)]] | [[File:Hans Holbein, the Younger - Sir Thomas More - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Thomas More wearing the chain of office of chancellor|''Sir Thomas More'', by Hans Holbein the Younger (1527)]] | ||