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The historic quarrel had dragged on for three years when at last King Louis was able to effect a partial reconciliation between Thomas and Henry. | The historic quarrel had dragged on for three years when at last King Louis was able to effect a partial reconciliation between Thomas and Henry. | ||
[[File:De Grey Hours f.28.v St. Thomas of Canterbury.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|alt=caption|The martyrdom of Thomas Becket, from a medieval Book of Hours (c.1390)]] | |||
=== Martyrdom === | === Martyrdom === | ||
When the archbishop returned to London on December 1, 1170, he was met with fierce hostility. Three bishops who had been excommunicated by Thomas for direct disobedience to the Pope went before the king who remained yet in France. In a fit of anger, Henry shouted words which four of his knights took as cause to set out for England, to arrest the archbishop while he was in the sanctuary of Canterbury Cathedral, and there to insult and brutally murder him. | When the archbishop returned to London on December 1, 1170, he was met with fierce hostility. Three bishops who had been excommunicated by Thomas for direct disobedience to the Pope went before the king who remained yet in France. In a fit of anger, Henry shouted words which four of his knights took as cause to set out for England, to arrest the archbishop while he was in the sanctuary of Canterbury Cathedral, and there to insult and brutally murder him. | ||