Complex and dramatic political power struggles come alive as Mr. Michael Davies tells the riveting story of Thomas a Becket, the 12th Century Archbishop who was first the close friend and Chancellor of King Henry II of England, and later was martyred in the Cathedral, victim of Henry's wrath over Thomas' opposition to the royal will on matters of Church-State relations. Taken from: Christianity in the High Middle Ages - 1995 VonHildebrand Institute by Michael Davies