Quadrant, January 1st, 2004
IN THE FOUR MONTHS between their settlement at Freteval in late July 1170 and Thomas Becket's return to England, he and Henry II met twice. At one meeting they argued vociferously. The other was a social call, where Becket was received amicably.
There are few records of these conversations. Herbert of Bosham, Becket's assistant and subsequent biographer, reports that Henry told Becket: "Why don't you do what I want you to do, for, if you would, I would entrust everything to you." According to Herbert, the archbishop said he was reminded of the devil's temptation to Christ, from Matthew 4:9:...
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