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The Project Gutenberg eBook, Beautiful Britain, by Gordon Home
Title: Beautiful Britain
Author: Gordon Home
Release Date: October 29, 2004 [eBook #13890]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
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Beautiful Britain
Gordon Home
Canterbury
"When that Aprillé with his showerés soote [= sweet]
The drought of March hath piercéd to the roote,
Then longen folk to go on pilgrimages,
And palmers for to seeken strangé strands,
To ferme [=ancient] halwes [=shrines] knowthe [= known] in sundry lands
And specially from every shirés end
Of Engéland, to Canterbury they wend,
The holy, blissful martyr for to seek
That them hath holpen when that they were sick."
CHAUCER: Canterbury Tales.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
|---|---|---|
| I. | THE PILGRIM'S APPROACH TO THE CITY | 5 |
| II. | THE STORY OF CANTERBURY | 9 |
| III. | THE CATHEDRAL | 40 |
| IV. | THE CITY | 56 |
| INDEX | ||
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| PLATE | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | THE NAVE OF CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL | Frontispiece |
| FACING PAGE | ||
| 2. | CHRIST CHURCH GATE | 9 |
| 3. | THE CATHEDRAL FROM NORTH-WEST | 16 |
| 4. | THE "ANGEL" OR "BELL HARRY" TOWER AND THE LAVATORY TOWER OF THE CATHEDRAL | 25 |
| 5. | THE CHAPEL OF "OUR LADY" IN THE UNDERCROFT OF THE CATHEDRAL | 27 |
| 6. | THE WARRIOR'S CHAPEL | 30 |
| 7. | THE MARTYRDOM IN THE NORTH-WEST TRANSEPT | 32 |
| 8. | THE DOORWAY FROM THE CLOISTERS TO THE MARTYRDOM | 43 |
| 9. | THE GREYFRIARS' HOUSE IN CANTERBURY | 46 |
| 10. | THE HOUSE OF THE CANTERBURY WEAVERS | 49 |
| 11. | WESTGATE CANTERBURY FROM WITHIN | 56 |
| 12. | THE NORMAN STAIRCASE TO THE KING'S SCHOOL | On the cover |
| 13. | PLAN OF CANTERBURY. | 5 |
| 14. | PLAN OF CANTERBURY CASTLE. | 63 |
PLAN OF CANTERBURY, SHOWING THE CHIEF STREETS AND THE MOST INTERESTING BUILDINGS
CANTERBURY
CHAPTER I
THE PILGRIM'S APPROACH TO THE CITY
It was on April 24, 1538, that a writ of summons was sent forth in the name of Henry VIII., "To thee, Thomas Becket, some time Archbishop of Canterbury"-—who had then been dead for 368 years—-to appear within thirty days to answer to a charge of treason, contumacy, and rebellion against his sovereign lord, King Henry II. But the days passed, and no spirit having stirred the venerated bones of the wonder-working saint, on June 10 judgment was given in favour of Henry, and it was decreed that the Archbishop's bones were to be burnt, and his world-famous shrine overlaid with gold and sparkling with jewels was to be forfeited to the Crown. Further than this went the sentence, for Thomas of Canterbury was to be a saint no longer, and his name and memory were to be wiped out. The remains were not burned, but throughout the land every statue, wall-painting, and window to the said Thomas Becket was rigorously searched out and destroyed, and from every record his name was carefully