S. Thomas of Canterbury

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Excerpt from S. Thomas of Canterbury: An Account of His Life and Fame From the Contemporary Biographers and Other Chroniclers The point at issue between king and archbishop. Whichceemsatfirstsighttobeamerequcstionof ecclesiastical privilege. Does not readily enlist the Interest of a modern reader. Ilut looked at more closelv the quarrel will be seen to be well worthy of study. Ilenry and Becket were both reformers: both longed to purge Church and State of abuses which had grown up in times of trouble and transition. But while the aim of each was in the main similar. The means which each would employ were essentially diaerent. Henry intended to reform the Church by the strong hand of the centralised State. Becket by the force of purely ecclesiastical procedure. One designed a purification from without. The other a reformation from within. And the unfortunate result of the con¿ict was that the end which they both had in view was very imperfectly realised. Thirty years after the death of Becket the me mmplaints again thecleru were heard, the need of reform m an urgent as when Henry II. Undertook the task. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.