Becket Archive
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Mental Disability and Intellectual Impairment in the Middle Ages: Some Preliminary Research Findings
Posted on May 19, 2013 | No CommentsThis interesting paper was one of the four given in the Mental Health in Non-medical Terms session at KZOO. It looked at philosophy, iconography and the way mental disability was viewed in the Middle Ages. -
Making the martyr: the liturgical persona of Saint Thomas Becket in visual imagery
Posted on February 10, 2013 | No CommentsHow was the historical figure of the worldly chancellor reconciled to the saintly archbishop who was martyred for his faith on the floor of Canterbury Cathedral? One of the most important vehicles of expression in the Middle Ages was the liturgy. -
England: One Country, Two Courts
Posted on December 26, 2012 | No CommentsThe tension created by the two-court system is an integral part of England’s administrative and constitutional history. Exactly how integral has generated a considerable amount of scholarly work, from explanations of the sources of the conflict, to how the disagreement over jurisdiction was addressed throughout the Middle Ages, to what impact the issue had in shaping England’s overall political development. -
The Fake Medieval Images in Canterbury Cathedral
Posted on November 12, 2012 | No CommentsSome of the most iconic medieval stained glass images in Canterbury Cathedral are actually fakes created in the early twentieth century. -
Comparing Pilgrim Souvenirs and Trinity Chapel Windows at Canterbury Cathedral
Posted on August 5, 2012 | No CommentsThe story begins with two tin pilgrim ampullae2 made before 1220 in Canterbury, England, that were found centuries later, one in France (now in the Cluny Museum) and one in Norway (now in the Historical Museum in Bergen, Norway). -
Martyrs on the Move: The Spread of the Cults of Thomas of Canterbury and Peter of Verona
Posted on July 22, 2012 | No CommentsNo matter how one viewed Peter‟s and Thomas‟s personalities, the glaring fact of their instant and enduring cults forces the conclusion that their contemporaries all over Europe saw in them, and especially in their martyrdoms, desirable and compelling prototypes for Christian perfection. The spread and extent of these cults is the subject of this study. -
The daughters of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine: a comparative study of twelfth-century royal women
Posted on June 17, 2012 | No CommentsThis thesis is the first study of the daughters of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine which considers them in a dynastic context. -
Saint by Association: Samson, Thomas Becket, and Simon de Montfort
Posted on December 11, 2011 | No CommentsThe seemingly unusual companionship of Samson (of Samson and Delilah fame), Thomas Becket, the murdered Archbishop of Canterbury, and Simon de Montfort, the leader of the Barons War, has come about, for this paper, because of their mutual presence in the British Library’s Harley Manuscript 978. -
Isaac of Stella, the Cistercians and the Thomas Becket Controversy: A Bibliographical and Contextual Study
Posted on May 22, 2011 | No CommentsIsaac of Stella, the Cistercians and the Thomas Becket Controversy: A Bibliographical and Contextual Study By Travis D. Stolz PhD Dissertation, Marquette University, 2010 Abstract: Isaac of Stella (ca. 1100-ca. 1169),... -
Material and Meaning in Lead Pilgrims’ Signs
Posted on April 24, 2011 | No CommentsMaterial and Meaning in Lead Pilgrims’ Signs Lee, Jennifer (Indiana University – Purdue University of Indianapolis) Peregrinations, Vol.2, Issue 3 (2009) Abstract Thanks to the increase in medieval archaeology over the... -
The Bruce Dynasty, Becket and Scottish Pilgrimage to Canterbury, c.1178-c.1404
Posted on April 11, 2011 | No CommentsThe Bruce Dynasty, Becket and Scottish Pilgrimage to Canterbury, c.1178-c.1404 Penman, Michael A. Journal of Medieval History, 32 (2006) Abstract This paper seeks to question the assumption that the outbreak... -
Monasticism in Angevin England
Posted on January 23, 2011 | No CommentsMonasticism in Angevin England By Helen Steele Published Online Introduction: In 1164, King Henry II, now ten years into his reign, published the Constitutions of Clarendon. Henry was attempting to... -
Thomas Becket and the Quest for Martyrdom
Posted on January 16, 2011 | No CommentsBecket’s murder shocked the kingdom and brought the struggle between Church and State to the forefront.
