Tale of Two Archbishops

Henry II and Thomas Becket

 
Rainald of Dassal, (ca. 1120-1167) 

Imperial Arch Chancellor for Emperor Frederick Barbarossa 
1156 

Archbishop of Cologne 1159 

Besançon 1157

Incident at Besançon 

Anti-popes supported by the Emperor Frederick I during Alexander III's pontificate (1159-1181):

Victor IV 1159-1164

Paschal III 1164-1168

Calixtus III 1168-1178

Innocent III 1179-1180

 Thomas Becket (ca. 1118-1170) 

Royal Chancellor 1155, 37 years old 

Archbishop of Canterbury 1162 

Constitutions of Clarendon 1164 

Grim's Account of Becket's Death

Murder of Thomas Becket in the Cathedral of Canterbury