Thomas Becket (/ˈbɛkɪt/), also known as Saint Thomas of Canterbury, Thomas of London and later Thomas à Becket (21 December 1119 or 1120 – 29 December...
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It is a depiction of the conflict between Thomas Becket and King Henry II of England leading to Becket's assassination in 1170. It contains many historical...
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of England and his friend-turned-bishop Thomas Becket. It is a dramatic film adaptation of the 1959 play Becket or the Honour of God by Jean Anouilh made...
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The Becket controversy or Becket dispute was the quarrel between Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket and King Henry II of England from 1163 to 1170...
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extensions to accommodate the flow of pilgrims visiting the shrine of Thomas Becket, the archbishop who was murdered in the cathedral in 1170. The Norman...
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Henry II of England (section Thomas Becket controversy)
his former friend Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury. This controversy lasted for much of the 1160s and resulted in Becket's murder in 1170. Soon...
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Thomas à Beckett or Becket may refer to: Thomas à Beckett (judge) (1836–1919), Australian solicitor and judge Thomas Becket or à Becket (1119/20–1170)...
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Later in 1174 he submitted himself before the tomb of Thomas Becket, thus recognizing St. Thomas's sanctity. The conflict between the Guelphs and Ghibellines...
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Thomas Becket School may refer to one of the following British schools named after St Thomas Becket: Thomas Becket Catholic School, a secondary school...
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St. Dunstan's, Canterbury (section Saint Thomas Becket)
church architect Ewan Christian. Its association with the deaths of Thomas Becket and Thomas More make it a place of pilgrimage. Dunstan was Archbishop of Canterbury...
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Trinity Chapel (section Thomas Becket)
of Sens and William the Englishman as a shrine for the relics of St. Thomas Becket. The shrine became one of the most popular pilgrimage sites in England...
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Murder in the Cathedral (category Cultural depictions of Thomas Becket)
(published the same year). The play portrays the assassination of Archbishop Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral during the reign of Henry II in 1170. Eliot...
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Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest? (category Thomas Becket)
is a quote attributed to Henry II of England preceding the death of Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, in 1170. While the quote was not expressed...
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travel together from London to Canterbury to visit the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. The prize for this contest is a free meal at...
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respected moral theologian. Hasson, who is Catholic, named The Becket Fund after Saint Thomas Becket, who was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170...
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Who did Kill Thomas Becket in 1170? is a 2000 Channel 4 documentary concerning the murder of Thomas Becket, who was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162...
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Frederick Barbarossa, and remained for three years. At the end of 1164, Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, came to Sens as an exile, forced to leave...
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Thomas à Becket Church may refer to many churches in the United Kingdom, named for Saint Thomas of Canterbury, also known as Thomas Becket or Thomas à...
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Robert of Melun (section Role in the Becket dispute)
by Pope Alexander III and Thomas Becket. Following his consecration, Robert became involved in the dispute between Becket and the king, during which...
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ordering Archbishop Roger of York to crown Young Henry whenever required. Thomas Becket, newly ordained as Archbishop of Canterbury, had been ordered to prepare...
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Thomas Becket. In the 1170s he wrote a long biography of Thomas Becket – the Vita Sancti Thomae (Life of St. Thomas). Fitzstephen had been Becket's personal...
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have been a distant relative of his successor as archbishop, Thomas Becket, as Becket's family came from the same part of Normandy. The exact date of...
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1154 to 1181. Born in Normandy, he preceded Thomas Becket as Archdeacon of Canterbury, and together with Becket served Theobald of Bec while Theobald was...
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support Thomas Becket in his dispute with Henry II over the independence of the Church. He wrote to the King to intercede on behalf of Becket after his...
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culminating in September with the dismantling of the shrine of St. Thomas Becket at Canterbury. Early in September, Cromwell also completed a new set...
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establish a church and hospital which was dedicated to St Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury. Becket was martyred in 1170 and canonised in 1173. It was...
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Racibórz Castle (section Chapel of St. Thomas Becket)
commissioned the construction of a Gothic chapel, which was dedicated to St. Thomas Becket. The period of prosperity of the castle coincided with the reign of...
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The ruins of a Medieval chapel of St Thomas Becket are located in the grounds of St Petroc's Church, Bodmin. It is now roofless and in a ruinous state...
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English history, the murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket. Following the assassination, relics of St Thomas were placed in similar reliquaries and dispersed...
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Gilbert Foliot (section Henry's conflict with Becket)
Barlow Thomas Becket pp. 124–125 Barlow Thomas Becket pp. 137–138 Barlow Thomas Becket p. 43 Barlow Thomas Becket p. 140 Barlow Thomas Becket pp. 147–148...
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