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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Thomas Wolsey (/ˈwʊlzi/ WUUL-zee; c. March 1473 – 29 November 1530) was an English statesman and Catholic cardinal. When Henry VIII became King of England...
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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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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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William of Canterbury (section Writings on Becket)
Canterbury (floruit 1170–1177) was a medieval English monk and biographer of Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury murdered in December 1170. He was present...
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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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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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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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becket in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Becket is a play about Thomas Becket, written in French by Jean Anouilh. Becket may also refer to: Becket (Tennyson...
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53°24′54″N 2°49′34″W / 53.415°N 2.826°W / 53.415; -2.826 St Thomas Becket Catholic High School was a Roman Catholic secondary school located in the...
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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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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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The ruins of a Medieval chapel dedicated to St. Thomas Becket are located within the grounds of St Petroc's Church in Bodmin, Cornwall. This chapel, now...
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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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historical saints like Joan of Arc, Francis of Assisi, John the Baptist, Thomas Becket, Mary Magdalene, Moses the Black, Sebastian, and Maximillian Kolbe,...
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Saltwood Castle (section Becket)
meeting place of the four knights who carried out the assassination of Thomas Becket in 1170. By the 19th century, it was "largely ruinous" and restorations...
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