It dates to the early thirteenth century. Thousands of pilgrims, including King Henry III and many dignitaries, came to Canterbury to celebrate the translation, their revels aided by the free wine Archbishop Stephen Langton ordered to be available at the gates of the city.
What did that shrine look like? We have multiple written descriptions of it, many of them marvelling about the number of jewels that covered its surface. Visual depictions of it, though, are much more scarce and unsatisfying. In the mid s, the glazier George Austin Jr. To see an example, click here. What, then, does the stained glass panel represent? In this case, it seems to have been a combination of the stories concerning an ill cleric named Philip of Alnwick and his son, John.
Philip had two problems, one rather gruesome: he had painful feet, and greatly swollen genitals. Current lightbox. Live chat. Narrow your search:. Cut Outs. Page 1 of 2. Next page. Recent searches:. Create a new lightbox Save. Create a lightbox Your Lightboxes will appear here when you have created some. Save to lightbox. Shrine of St Thomas and the tomb of the Black prince. King of England. He then allowed each bishop present to give him five blows from a rod, then each of the 80 monks of Canterbury Cathedral gave the king three blows.
The king then offered gifts to Becket's shrine and spent a vigil at Becket's tomb. Following the murder of Thomas Becket in Died In the Chapel of S. Thomas a Becket, archbishop of Canterbury, when his shrine in Canterbury Cathedral was destroyed in ?
No written record of the event has been found. Becket defied King Henry II by excommunicating courtiers, nobles and laymen for taking church property. Becket quickly was canonized and, year after year, thousands of pilgrims from all over the Continent trekked to Canterbury to venerate him. The anniversary Feast of the Translation, held on 7 July but with festivities continuing for two weeks afterwards, saw thousands of pilgrims descend on Canterbury every year. For the medieval devotees of Thomas Becket, this day symbolising his continued presence on earth was as, if not more, important than the day he died.
Thomas Becket: murder and the making of a saint is open until 22 August To find out more about the exhibition and to book tickets, visit britishmuseum. Buy the richly illustrated catalogue accompanying the exhibition. Map Data. Terms of Use. Report a map error. Exhibitions and events Why did they move Thomas Becket's bones? On the anniversary of Thomas Becket's translation, Dr John Jenkins from the Centre for Pilgrimage Studies at the University of York explains why the movement of Becket's bones to a new shrine on 7 July was so significant.
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