Four knights of Henry II murder Becket in Canterbury Cathedral

Category
Government
Place
England (<1707)
Date
1170
Reference
Excerpts from Books and Wikipedia
"The following year Henry traveled to Canterbury to do penance. Barefoot and wearing sackcloth, he was publicly flogged and spent the night in prayer at the tomb. Thomas became one of the most popular saints of the later Middle Ages--numerous churches were dedicated to him, and his shrine was notorious throughout Europe as a place of pilgrimage. . . . Thomas's shrine was destroyed in 1540, on the orders of King Henry VIII, and the venerable saint's bones were scattered." [Furtado: 1001 Days]

This event is linked to the following periods

PeriodMiner
Begin
End
Category
Plantagenets
1154
1399
British Isles