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Paris, Matthew

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Paris, Matthew (c. 1200-1259)

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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.

English chronicler. He entered St Albans Abbey in 1217, and wrote a valuable history of England up to 1259.


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