Why was Becket assassinated?

Answer 1

There were a couple of reasons.

1. A first argument with King Henry the Second. Henry made Becket the Archbishop of Canterbury, hoping he would help him reform the church courts. But Becket refused, making God his new master.

2. A Second argument. Becket excommunicated (Sacked) all the monks who followed King Henry of their jobs. This, once again, made Henry furious and fly into a rage.

Answer 2

IF YOU MEAN THOMAS BECKET:

There were a couple of answers.

1. A first argument with King Henry the Second. Henry made Becket the Archbishop of Canterbury, hoping he would help him reform the church courts. But he did not. Instead, he made God his new master.

2. A second argument. Becket began to excommunicate (sack) all the monks who followed Henry in the Cathedral of their jobs. Once again, this made Henry furious, causing him to fly into a rage.

Answer 3

Thomas Becket was the Archbishop of Canterbury. He had been a close friend of King Henry II of England prior to becoming archbishop. Once Becket found himself in power, however, he found it necessary to protect the interests of the Church against King Henry, who had wanted to decrease the Church's power and increase his own. This lead to a feud between the two, in which Henry had Becket tried and found guilty of various crimes, even though as a cleric, Becket was exempt from secular trial; and, or his part, Becket threatened to excommunicate Henry. Things were so bad Becket fled the country for two years, and the pope threatened to excommunicate Henry.

Henry wanted to crown his son, Henry, as a king subservient to himself, and he had a couple of bishops perform a coronation. The problem with this was that Becket had the right to perform the coronation. For Becket, this was a last straw, and he excommunicated the king. Henry, who was sick in bed at the time, heard this and called out in frustration some words to the effect that he wished to be rid of Becket (records differ widely on precisely what he said). Four knights rode to Canterbury to get Becket, and when he refused to go with them (he was at a service in the cathedral at the time) they attacked him with their swords and killed him.

Answer 4

Four knights maimed him and then sliced his head off causing blood go everywhere

Answer 5

His death occurred because the four knights heard the king say, "Who will rid me of this turbulent priest."Then they headed for the cathedral and killed him.