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Canterbury (Cathedral Town (Archbishop=Anglican communion's chief,…
Canterbury
Cathedral Town
Archbishop=Anglican communion's chief
Pilgrimage site since Middle Age
First archbishop = St. Augustine
Most important=Thomas Beckett
SouthEast from London
Region=Kent
60 miles from London
15 mile from Dover (white cliffes)
English Channel
3 universities
1/4 population attend
2 Train Stations
Short walks in the city
Very big damages
II War World
Only 1 towergate
Other destroyed (blocked traffic)
First Cathedral (597)
present building
Norman period (11th century). Building=400 years
Famous for 29th December, 1170
Archbishop = Thomas Beckett
Say vespers
Killed by 4 knights
King Henry II
King's chancellor
Archbishop but loyalty to church not to king
3 years after=threat excommunication=King's public penance in church
Shrine+reliques = pilgrimage site
Destroyed in 1538 by Henry VIII
Break with catholic church
Today only 1 candle
For 6th century
Missionaries to Canterbury (shrine)
Sacred chapel
Coloured windows
Some stories
Thomas Beckett's murder
Thomas Beckett's miracles
Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales"
Pope Makes Thomas Beckett SAINT