Thomas à Becket

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met-cloisters:Pilgrim’s Badge with head of Saint Thomas à Becket, The CloistersThe Cloisters Collect

a-mon-seul-desir:Henry II and Thomas Becket

katherineofvalois:“Look at this happy family, gathered close so as to stab each other with the most

“Pilgrim Badge” showing St. Thomas Becket, ca. 1200. As medieval Europeans started to travel more in

Great Seal ofKing Henry II of England (reigned 1154 – 1189).Henry II wasthe son of Empress Matilda a

12th century reliquary with images of St. Thomas a Becket

Double-sided ivory liturgical comb, with scenes of Henry II andThomas à Becket (c. 1200 – 1210, Engl

Also on this day in history, December 29th, 1170,After a longstanding dispute with King Henry II ove

cma-medieval-art: Plaque from a Chasse for Relics of Saint Thomas Becket, Master G. Alpais, 1220-122

cma-medieval-art: Plaque from a Chasse for Relics of Saint Thomas Becket, Master G. Alpais, 1220, Cl

brigittemarlt:Derek Jacobi in the title role of Becket at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, 1991 (Many t

myfavoritepeterotoole:Peter O'Toole and Richard BurtonBecket (1964) directed by Peter GlenvilleRicha

St Thomas à Becket Church, Pensford

Sir John Beckett, 1820, Thomas Lawrencewww.wikiart.org/en/thomas-lawrence/sir-john-beckett-1

thomas-lawrence-art: Sir John Beckett, 1820, Thomas Lawrencewww.wikiart.org/en/thomas-lawren

Things Are Looking Up… by Funky Slug on Flickr. Interior of Canterbury Cathedral - the site o

thomas-lawrence-art: Sir John Beckett, 1820, Thomas Lawrencewww.wikiart.org/en/thomas-lawren

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