St Thomas à Becket 1964 15 of 15
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@bookkeeper57 didn't actually have him executed, historically he was incredibly upset when his barons took it upon themselves to kill him.
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I like all this film :)
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@19521962 aaw snide comments, how cute
"arguement is pointless" nah, there generally is
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@TroyBilt007 lol...king who kills men and rapes women?
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@1classicliberal well clearly you haven't studied history then. anyways arguement is pointless...
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so he had murdered and then declared him a saint?
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@BRUTUALTRUTH Yeah, but do you really think that MGM in the mid-60's was going to show his head getting sliced in half? I don't think so...
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Henry dislike this video
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It was a win win situation for church and state when Becket was murdered, Henry got rid of a problem, albeit with a deal of penance, Canterbury became fat on the alms of the pilgrim trade and the church got another popular martyr.
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I always thought he was murdered in the side/lady chapel not at the high altar, but then it has been decades since I went to Canterbury.
The death scene here is historically wrong, The poor man had the top of his skull sliced off. That was horrible even by 12th century standards. Poor man.
BRUTUALTRUTH 2 years ago 17
King Henry gave Becket a job he didn't want, and then had him executed for doing it too well.
bookkeeper57 2 years ago 15