The Relics Of Thomas Becket
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The Quest for Becket s Bones
Author | : John R. Butler |
Publsiher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 1995-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0300068956 |
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In January 1888, workmen excavating in the eastern crypt of Canterbury Cathedral discovered the bones of a skeleton many believed to be that of the martyred archbishop, Thomas Beckett. This book traces the full history of `Beckett's bones', from their alleged destruction by Henry VIII's commissioners during the Reformation to the present day. Includes fascinating observations, such as the unexpected discovery by workmen in 1865 of Dante's bones concealed in a wooden box a short distance from his empty tomb.
The Book in the Cathedral
Author | : Christopher de Hamel |
Publsiher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 69 |
Release | : 2020-08-06 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780141994253 |
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From the bestselling author of Meetings With Remarkable Manuscripts, a captivating account of the last surviving relic of Thomas Becket The assassination of Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral on 29 December 1170 is one of the most famous events in European history. It inspired the largest pilgrim site in medieval Europe and many works of literature from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales to T. S. Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral and Anouilh's Becket. In a brilliant piece of historical detective work, Christopher de Hamel here identifies the only surviving relic from Becket's shrine: the Anglo-Saxon Psalter which he cherished throughout his time as Archbishop of Canterbury, and which he may even have been holding when he was murdered. Beautifully illustrated and published to coincide with the 850th anniversary of the death of Thomas Becket, this is an exciting rediscovery of one of the most evocative artefacts of medieval England.
The Relics of Thomas Becket
Author | : John Butler |
Publsiher | : Pitkin |
Total Pages | : 72 |
Release | : 2020-01-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1841658642 |
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In a ceremony of great solemnity in July 1220, almost fifty years after his murder in December 1170, the relics of Saint Thomas Becket, Canterbury’s most famous archbishop, were taken from the tomb in the crypt of Canterbury Cathedral where they had lain for fifty years and placed in a magnificent bejewelled shrine in the cathedral’s Trinity Chapel. The shrine, which became the focus of pilgrimage and veneration for generations of travellers to Canterbury, remained in the Trinity Chapel for more than 300 years until its destruction in September 1538 by commissioners acting on the orders of King Henry VIII. The fabulous jewels and precious metals were carted off to the king’s treasury in London, but no authentic record has come to light of the fate of the mortal remains – the holy relics – of Saint Thomas. There are many stories but few hard facts. This book marks the 800th anniversary of the translation of Thomas Becket’s relics in 1220 from the crypt of Canterbury Cathedral to the shrine in the Trinity Chapel. In it, John Butler carefully sifts the evidence about the fate of Becket’s bones when the shrine was destroyed in 1538, and he explores a series of probing questions. Did the monks of the cathedral attempt to hide the relics before King Henry’s commissioners arrived in Canterbury? Were the bones burnt on the orders of Pope Paul III, as many believe, or did they somehow survive? What is the significance of the grave discovered in the crypt of the cathedral in 1888? Against a background of church politics and carefully referencing all his sources, John Butler pieces together an intriguing story of faith, science and romanticism that will appeal to all who relish a true-life mystery.
The Cult of St Thomas Becket in the Plantagenet World C 1170 c 1220
Author | : Paul Webster,Marie-Pierre Gelin |
Publsiher | : Boydell & Brewer |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781783271610 |
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The extraordinary growth and development of the cult of St Thomas Becket is investigated here, with a particular focus on its material culture.
The life and martyrdom of st Thomas Becket
Author | : John Morris |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 630 |
Release | : 1859 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : OXFORD:600099374 |
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Thomas Becket Friends Networks Texts and Cult
Author | : Anne J. Duggan |
Publsiher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 394 |
Release | : 2023-05-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781000939071 |
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Becket's life was lived on a European stage, his cause was conducted in a European setting, and the cult of the new martyr spread with extraordinary rapidity to the furthest reaches of Latin Christendom before the end of the twelfth century. The fifteen studies collected here reflect not only the global reach of the subject but the diverse expertise of their author, whose edition and translation of the Correspondence of Archbishop Thomas Becket (2000) and acclaimed biography (Thomas Becket, 2004) have established her place in Becket studies. Based on the critical examination of manuscripts and texts, this collection focuses first on the papal curia and Becket's household in exile. The following studies deal with Becket's letters and their authorship, the coronation of the young King Henry (1170), and Henry II's reconciliation at Avranches (1172). The final part traces the explosion of Becket's cult, the transmission of hagiographical and liturgical texts to France, Germany, and Portugal, and the role of diverse agencies of dissemination: Henry II's daughters, for example, in Saxony, Castile, and Sicily, and the Cistercian and Augustinian orders whose networks of houses embraced the whole of Europe.
Thomas Becket
Author | : William Holden Hutton |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2014-05-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781107661714 |
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Originally published in 1926, this book presents a biography of St Thomas ... Becket. Hutton reviews Becket's life from his birth until his martyrdom and eventual canonisation, and the preservation of his relics during the English Reformation. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in St Thomas's life and career.
Tomb Of Relics
Author | : J.F. Penn |
Publsiher | : The Creative Penn |
Total Pages | : 131 |
Release | : 2021-12-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781913321819 |
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A supernatural relic. A thousand-year-old conspiracy. A madman who turns death into art. It's all in a day's work for the agents of ARKANE. When a priceless relic disappears from Canterbury Cathedral, ARKANE – the agency tasked with protecting the world from supernatural adversaries – fears the worst... and sends its best. Now, ARKANE agents Morgan Sierra and Jake Timber are on the job. Across Europe, through historical cities and into spectral forests forgotten by time, Morgan and Jake will follow the bloody trail of hidden relics wherever it leads, whatever the cost. But even they aren’t ready for what’s coming. Their hunt will lead them beyond danger, beyond darkness to the shadowed heart of a hidden citadel where lives an evil unlike any they’ve ever seen... and to a dark choice that will change them both forever. NY Times and USA Today bestselling author J.F. Penn invites you to brave her most thrilling adventure yet. A world of the strange. A world of the supernatural. A world... of the ARKANE. Click the link and grab your copy today!