Answer the questions for Act III Scene i
History -- journal entry for current events
Video worksheet given below
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JczRpnjNKwc "Murder in the Cathedral: Henry II and Thomas Becket"
In the 12th century
_________________________________was the most powerful king in the known
world controlling
____________________________, ________________________ and
parts of ___________________________ and
______________________________
In the atmosphere of the time, kings were sometimes jealous
of ___________________________________________.
which
sometimes led to ____________________________________. Henry and his good friend Thomas Becket
disagreed over issues
of ______________________________ and
_______________________________.
Henry wanted England to be a country controlled by
___________________________ and ______________________________
using the laws he had written. He wanted his courts to make sure that the
laws were obeyed. The Church however did not
want to
________________________________________________________________________________________________.
In an attempt to ensure that the Church would submit to the
king's laws, Henry II appointed Thomas Becket
to the position of
_________________________________________________________________________________,
the most powerful
religious position in the country.
Thomas Becket took his new position seriously, and he would not
_________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Henry was furious and felt
____________________________________________.
Thomas made the situation worse when, on
his retune from France where he had gone to get away from
Henry, he excommunicated ______________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
In frustration and in the presence of his knights, Henry
hollered the words ___________________________________________
________________________________________________________________. Four of his knights went to ________________
_____________________________________________________ where
they _________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
When he heard what his knights had done, Henry was
_____________________________________________ and the people
were _____________________________________________. To show the depth of his sorrow over Becket's
death, Henry
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
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