Thomas à Becket
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A series of stories told by a group of travellers, in Chaucer's Middle English, takes readers on a pilgrimage to the shrine of Saint Thomas à Becket in Canterbury.
From Salon ● Jan. 9, 2021
Two Caravans by Marina Lewycka The novel has an epigraph from the Canterbury Tales and presents a collection of stories told by modern travellers to the city of Thomas à Becket.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 2, 2010
Mitre at Milan, 211; of St. Thomas à Becket, 321, 369.
From Needlework As Art by Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess
The Church of St. Thomas à Becket is a most picturesque structure, and, placed as it is in a square of old tiled houses, makes a delightful picture.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Salisbury A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the See of Sarum by White, Gleeson
Later, in the legends concerning St. Thomas à Becket, another form of the same fable appears.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Rochester A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Palmer, G. H. (George Henry)
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