Becket: The Movie – Flashcards

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Archbishop of Canterbury
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What powerful Church position did Thomas Becket hold?
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When Becket was introduced to King Henry II. Henry II made him his chancellor.
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What was Becket's "big break?"
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King Henry II wanted to make Becket the Archbishop to work in his favor.
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What opportunity did King Henry II see when Archbishop Theobald died in 1161?
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Henry could impose his will on the Church.
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What did King Henry II believe would happen by having "his man" in a top post of the Church?
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Knights of Henry II killed him by hacking his skull.
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Who killed Thomas Becket and how did they kill him?
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To relate to the clergy of the Church
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Ecclesiastical
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To make someone a priest
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Ordained
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King Henry II
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Who was the great grandson of William the Conqueror?
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Saxons
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What people were Thomas Becket's ancestors?
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Fork
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What common eating device had been newly invented in the 12th century?
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Thomas Becket
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Whom did King Henry II as his new Chancellor?
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God
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Who does the Archbishop say is more powerful than the king of the "captain of the ship?"
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The French
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Who does King Henry II want to fight?
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Rudely. Like dirt.
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How does the king treat the peasants?
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She committed suicide.
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What happened to Gwendolyn (Thomas' love interest)
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Because more grains of sand in the machine will make it stop.
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Why doesn't Brother John mind being just "a grain of sand in a machine?"
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He tells the monk to unlock and open the doors.
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What does Becket order the monk to do when he tells him there are armed men at the Cathedral doors?
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Brother John
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Who is the first to die?
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Henry
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Whose name does Becket utter as he dies?
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Thomas Becket will be honored as a saint.
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What did Henry announce to the crowd outside the Cathedral?
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