Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . to excommunicate some of the great English prelatesand, as Henry believed, was conspiring to rob his son of thecrown. In a fit of anger, Henry exclaimed among his followers, Is there no one to avenge me of this miserable churchman ?Unfortunately certain knights took the rash expression literally,and Becket was murdered in his own cathedral of Canterbury,whither he had returned. The king really had no wish to resortto violence, and his sorrow and remorse wh
Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . to excommunicate some of the great English prelatesand, as Henry believed, was conspiring to rob his son of thecrown. In a fit of anger, Henry exclaimed among his followers, Is there no one to avenge me of this miserable churchman ?Unfortunately certain knights took the rash expression literally,and Becket was murdered in his own cathedral of Canterbury,whither he had returned. The king really had no wish to resortto violence, and his sorrow and remorse when he heard of thedreadful deed, and his terror at the consequences, were mostgenuine. The pope proposed to excommunicate him. Henry,however, made peace with the papal legates by the solemn as-sertion that he had never wished the death of Thomas and bypromising to return to Canterbury all the property which he hadconfiscated, to send money to aid in the capture of the HolySepulcher at Jerusalem, and to undertake a crusade himself. 1 See below, section 30. ^^^ Domaia of the Erenoh King. ] ,^^^ Fiefs held by other vasealathan Henry The Plantagenet Possessions in England and France 122 Medieval and Modem Times The Frenchpossessionsof thePlantagenets Philip Au-gustus ofFrance,1180-1223 Although Heniy II was one of the most important kings inEnglish history, he spent a great part of his time across theChannel in his French possessions. A glance at the accompany-ing map will show that rather more than half of his realins lay tothe south of the English Channel. He controlled more territoryin France than the French king himself. As great-grandson ofWilliam the Conqueror, he inherited the duchy of Normandyand the suzerainty over Brittany. His mother, Matilda, had mar-ried the count of Anjou and Maine, so that Henry II inheritedthese fiefs along with those which had belonged to William theConqueror. Lastly, he had himself married Eleanor, heiress of thedukes of Guienne, and in this
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