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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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ancient in 1215 and was named after St Thomas Becket – which suggests it may have been founded after 1173 when Becket was canonised. This date was when it...
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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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covers the time between the sinking of the White Ship and the murder of Thomas Becket, but focuses primarily on the Anarchy. The book traces the development...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Anglia, graduating in 2005. With the National Youth Theatre, he played Thomas Becket in Murder in the Cathedral (2003) and Bassoon in The Master and Margarita...
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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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Chapel-en-le-Frith (section Church of St Thomas Becket)
360° viewpoint. The first chapel in the town (now the Church of St. Thomas Becket) was originally built by the Normans but was replaced with a larger...
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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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Herbert of Bosham (section Companion to Becket)
a twelfth-century English biographer of Thomas Becket who held a foremost place among the scholars in Thomas's household. His date of birth is unknown...
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