Henry II

Question 1

1155

Answer 1

Henry II receives papal permission to invade Ireland

Question 2

1161

Answer 2

Thomas Becket is appointed as Archbishop after the death of Theobald. Becket becomes radicalised over night. Becket especially concerned with criminous clerks .

Question 3

1164

Answer 3

Constitutions of Clarendon created as a way of solidifying Royal and ecclesiastic traditional powers but this did not hinder conflict.

Question 4

1164-70

Answer 4

Becket goes into exile in France. Henry’s son crowned as successor by Archbishop of York which gains disapproval from both Becket and the Pope.

Question 5

1170

Answer 5

Conducts economic survey ‘inquest into Sheriffs’ which some nobility considered an unprecedented breach of aristocratic privacy.
29th December, Becket is murdered by Henry’s knights.

Question 6

1173-4

Answer 6

Henry’s family revolt against him. Contemporaries criticise Henry for failing to satisfy the ambitions of his sons, but only few opportunistic nobles join plight.