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
Under Louis-le-Jeune in 1169 was erected, in the Cour du Donjon, the chapel Saint-Saturnin, which was consecrated by Saint Thomas à Becket, then a refugee in France.
From Royal Palaces and Parks of France by Blanche McManus
Mitre at Milan, 211; of St. Thomas à Becket, 321, 369.
From Needlework As Art by Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess Alford
His name made a strong impression upon my memory, as I was then reading the history of Thomas à Becket, the murdered Archbishop of Canterbury.
From As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century by Marian Gouverneur
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