Why was Thomas Becket murdered? Thomas Becket was made Archbishop of Canterbury in 1162. He and King Henry II were good friends at the time‚ until they had a power struggle. This leads to an argument. Becket had changed once he had enough power. Becket was murdered by 4 knights in 1170. There were many factors that led to Becket’s death‚ some irrelevant to the actual murder. King Henry II made Becket Archbishop of Canterbury. He thought that he would help the Monarchy rule. After Becket knew
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Shakespeare" or "the Elizabethan era‚" the English Renaissance created stimulation in art‚ architecture‚ literature and music of whole of England. The transition in the England was accepted with reluctance and it was rather a medley of the forgotten Gothic and the naïve Renaissance. No field in England was untouched by the revolution caused by Renaissance. The English literature was marked by the works of poets like Edmund Spenser and John Milton‚ playwrights like William Shakespeare and Christopher
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Beacon Hall Cautiously walked I towards the grand old mansion‚ where I read the name aloud ’Beacon Hall’. The vulgar and vile house had the look of an old run down Gothic church with arched stained glass windows. The doors and windows reminded me of a church I once visited called ’El Monumental’ in Barcelona. I breathed in deeply smelling wet oak wood reminding me of winter fires and roasting chestnuts. The area was in an old abandoned town by the forest and the old lake‚ as I went into the house
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Becket‚ Son of Gilbert and Matilda Becket. Born in 1118‚ Cheapside London. Occupation: Lord Chancellor- until death. Time‚ Date & place of death: Becket died on the 29th December 1170 early evening/late afternoon‚ at the altar of Canterbury Cathedral. Cause of death: Victim has been said to have been severely attacked by swords. Suffering from a mighty gash to the head- this being the cause of his death. Suspects: 1. King Henry 2nd Motive: There had been a feud between the two (Henry &
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Good Man Is Hard To Find Flannery O’Connor was one of the most known authors for writing southern gothic short stories. Southern gothic became a style of writing in the wake of the civil war and brought up questions in society like‚ ‘Why is violence such a large part of the south’s culture?’ and‚ ‘How did the South have such a hard time picking itself up after its defeat in the war?’ Southern gothic is usually decayed‚ grotesque‚ or derelict settings and situations and had themes of ambivalent gender
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On the left is Last Judgement (c. 1120- 1146). It is from Autun Cathedral in France. On the right is Aspe of Saint Climent de Taüll (c.1123). It is located in the church of Saint Climent de Taüll. During this period‚ every church has its own relic. It was believed that it could heal the sick and could offer blessings that might even shorten ones time in purgatory if one came and paid homage and prayed to them. The Autun Cathedral was built specifically to house the relics of St. Lazarus. Lazarus
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Gothic novels are a type of romance‚ Gothic meaning “wild”‚ “barbarous” and “crude” and rise from the idea of darkness‚ supernatural events‚ anti-heroes and a form of tyrannical or evil presence felt throughout the novel. The first Gothic Novel to be published in Britain was Horace Walpole’s “The Castle of Oranto”‚ subtitled “A Gothic Story” in its second edition. Later novelists include Ann Radcliffe (The Mysteries of Udolpho)‚ M.G Lewis (Monk). Their influence to this type old literature can be
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works is a collection of short stories known as The Canterbury Tales. In The Canterbury Tales a group of people with many different backgrounds and beliefs go on a pilgrimage from London to the shrine of the martyr Thomas a Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. In The “Prologue’’ Chaucer characterizes all the pilgrims that will be going on the pilgrimage. Two of the characters in The Canterbury Tales are the monk and the parson. The monk and the parson can be compared and contrasted; they are alike and
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To what extent do you agree that obsession is a significant element in the gothic writing you have studied? The word obsession means the domination of one’s thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea‚ image or desire. With this in mind‚ both Faustus and Frankenstein show symptoms of monomania in relation to academic obsession. Similarly‚ in ‘The Bloody Chamber’ the characters that experience obsession are also male‚ however they are driven by a different obsession: sexual desire. In the prologue
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his caliber should have. In Spain El Greco settled into the city of Toledo where he created a magnificent landscape called the View of Toledo. In the ancient city of Toledo El Greco received the opportunity from Diego de Castilla‚ dean of Toledo Cathedral‚ to paint three altarpieces for the Church of Santo Domingo el Antiguo in Toledo. Also‚ El Greco created his a famous work called Espolio (The Disrobing of Christ) while in Toledo. El Greco was a very influential artist of his time. He created
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