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And this was especially ironic since at the outset it seemed to be the Church that was the strongest pillar of Henry' s administration. Its literate clerics initiated him into the mysteries of governing England. So when the Archbishop of Canterbury offered out one of his brightest proteges, Thomas Becket, for the office of Chancellor, Henry listened, looked and gave him the job. So who exactly was this Becket then? Well, for start, he was the first commoner of any kind to make a mark on British history. And the possibility that someone like Becket, a merchant' s son, with an impoverished Norman knight clanking around somewhere in the family closet, could end up as the king' s best friend, said something about the possibility of the great swarming city itself. |
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yóu wéi fěng cì de shì, jiào huì cóng yī kāi shǐ jiù shì hēng lì zuì wéi yǐ zhòng de tǒng zhì jī gòu, zhèng shì nèi xiē yǒu wén huà de mù shī. jiào huì tā tǒng lǐng yīng gé lán de ào yì, kǎn tè bó léi de dà zhǔ jiào, jiàn yì ràng qí mén xià zuì cōng míng de xué tú, tuō mǎ sī bèi kè tè, chū rèn dà fǎ guān. hēng lì jiē nà le gāi jiàn yì bìng yǔ yǐ shí xiàn, nà me bèi kè tè dào dǐ shì hé xǔ rén? shǒu xiān, tā shì zài yīng guó shǐ shàng, liú xià míng zì de dì yí gè píng mín xiàng bèi kè tè zhè yàng de shāng rén zhī zǐ, qióng kùn liáo dǎo. jiā tú sì bì de nuò màn qí shì hòu yì, zuì zhōng què chéng wéi guó wáng de zhì yǒu, zài zhè zuò rén cháo yǒng dòng de chéng shì lǐ, xiǎng xiǎng kàn zhè wēi hū qí wēi de kě néng xìng ba. |