Today were going to take a look at the life, death and legacy of the “turbulent priest” himself, Thomas Becket…
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Arms of Cardinal Wolsey by SemperAdiuvans (2022).
The 12th-century Topographica Hiberniae (Topology of Ireland) by Gerald of Wales was dedicated to King Henry II of England, and features a rare contemporary image of the king. Held by the British Library.
St Thomas Becket enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury from a Nottingham Alabaster in the Victoria & Albert Museum.
Stained glass window from Canterbury Cathedral showing St Thomas Becket (13th century).
St. Thomas Becket faces King Henry II in a dispute; Henry II and Thomas Becket. This is taken from 'Peter of Langtoft, Chronicle of England' which was probably written and pictures added during the reign of Edward II (1307-1327). Original held in British Library, Royal 20 A II folio.
King Henry II and Thomas Becket from Liber Legum Antiquorum Regum (14th century). Held by the British Library, Cotton MS Claudius D. II, f.73.
Thomas Becket takes leave of Pope Alexander III in the autumn of 1165 attributed to Matthew Paris (c.1220 - c.1240). Held by the Sir Paul Getty collection, Wormsley Park; on long-term loan to the British Library.
Coronation of Henry the Young King from The Becket Leaves (La vie de Seint Thomas de Cantorbéry), a French-verse history of the life of Thomas Becket with large illuminations (1220-1240). Held by the British Library, BL Loan MS 88, f.3r.
Thomas Becket’s murder in Canterbury Cathedral from a 13th century manuscript. Original in the British Library: Harley MS 5102, f. 32.
Thomas Becket’s murder depicted in the Carrow Psalter (c.1250). Held by the Walters Art Museum.
Pilgrim's Badge of the Shrine of St. Thomas Becket at Canterbury (1350-1400). Held by Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Photograph of the renovated Guest Hall at Dover Castle taken by Michael Garlick (2013).
Photograph of Thomas Becket’s chapel at Dover Castle taken by Graham Horn (2010).
Texts consultes:
Relevant entries from The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online.
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