Becket, St Thomas à (1118–1170)
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The murder of Thomas à Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, depicted by the artist and chronicler Matthew Paris. After his death, Becket's tomb in Canterbury became one of the most important English pilgrimage sites of the Middle Ages.
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A medieval, illustrated-manuscript page depicting the murder of Thomas à Becket.
English archbishop and politician. He was chancellor to Henry II from 1155 to 1162, when he was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury. The interests of the Roman Catholic medieval church soon conflicted with those of the crown and Becket was assassinated; he was canonized (made into a saint) in 1172.
| He resisted Henry's attempts to regulate relations between church and state, and was murdered by four knights before the altar of Canterbury cathedral. |
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