"So Similar, Yet so Different" - An essay on the relationship between THOMAS BECKET and KING HENRY II

Mei-Ling Liber W6 12/18/03 English 12 #1: Discuss the complicated, convoluted relationship between Henry II and Thomas Becket. The operative term here is "discuss." So Similar, Yet so Different It is interesting to not how a Norman king and a Saxon cleric came to be best friends in the 1100s. However, that was the case with Henry II of England and Thomas Becket. Actually, both men were quite similar despite the fact that Becket was fifteen years older …

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