Illustration
A stained glass window from St. David's Cathedral in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The composition is divided into three scenes.
On the right, bottom register is Henry II of England (r. 1154 - 1189 CE), seated. The coat of arms of Henry II is depicted in the top right register. In the center, top register is St. Thomas Becket of Canterbury (1119 - 1170 CE), while Thomas Becket's martyrdom is depicted in the bottom center register. Finally, on the bottom left register is St. Thomas Becket riding, while the coat of arms of Thomas Becket is depicted above on the top left register.
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Original image by Richard Pritchard. Uploaded by Arienne King, published on 05 December 2019 under the following license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs. This licence only allows others to download this content and share it with others as long as the author is credited, but they can't change the content in any way or use it commercially. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.
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Pritchard, R. (2019, December 05). Henry II of England & Thomas Becket, St. David's. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/11571/
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Pritchard, Richard. "Henry II of England & Thomas Becket, St. David's." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Last modified December 05, 2019. https://www.ancient.eu/image/11571/.
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Pritchard, Richard. "Henry II of England & Thomas Becket, St. David's." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 05 Dec 2019. Web. 24 Feb 2021.
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