Four knights of Henry II rode to Canterbury and murdered Archbishop Becket in the cathedral on 29 December 1170, acting on the king's frustrated outburst. The murder caused international outrage, threatened England with papal interdict and Henry with excommunication, and triggered the military context of the subsequent years including the Young King Henry revolt in which many barons claimed to act in Becket's name. The murder made Becket a martyr and Canterbury the greatest pilgrimage site in England.
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