Thomas à Becket
Americannoun
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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
He retired just before his end to the priory of St Thomas, near Stafford, which he had founded in 1180 in memory of Thomas à Becket, who had been murdered ten years previously.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See by Clifton, A. B.
The above Richard de Hastings was the friend and confidant of Thomas à Becket.
From The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple by Addison, Charles G.
Another remarkable example is that of Thomas à Becket.
From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Forel, Auguste
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