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To view keyboard shortcuts, press question mark View keyboard shortcuts Home Explore Notifications Chat Grok Premium Bookmarks Creator Studio Articles Profile More Post ratan @ratankaliani Article See new posts Conversation Will Manidis @WillManidis Nobody Walks to Canterbury 25 44 381 80K It is 1538. King Henry VIII sent his commissioners to Canterbury Cathedral. Their orders were simple: dismantle the shrine of Thomas Becket. Strip the gold, steal the jewels, and lug all twenty-six carts of spoils back to Whitehall. The unlucky Becket was charged and found guilty of crimes against the state, accused of being a traitor, only three hundred and sixty-eight years after his murder (by an earlier Henry). The shrine had been the most visited pilgrimage site in England for the past three centuries. Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales”, one of the most enduring works of english fiction-- is literally about a pilgrimage to the shrine. Tradical @NoTrueScotist · Dec 28, 2018 December 29th is the fea

It is 1538. King Henry VIII sent his commissioners to Canterbury Cathedral. Their orders were simple: dismantle the shrine of Thomas Becket. Strip the gold, steal the jewels, and lug all twenty-six carts of spoils back to Whitehall. The unlucky Becket was charged and found guilty of crimes against the state, accused of being a traitor, only three hundred and sixty-eight years after his murder (by an earlier Henry). The shrine had been the most visited pilgrimage site in England for the past three centuries. Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales”, one of the most enduring works of english…

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