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Canterbury Cathedral
Canterbury Cathedral
Bartalesi CostanzaCaldini Rachele Gianni Adele
canterbury
Geography
- County of Kent - Its capital is the city of Maidstone - River Stour - 55,240 inhabitants.
Symbolic places
Canterbury Cathedral, St. Augustine's Abbey (burial place of Anglo-Saxon kings) and St. Martin's Church (the oldest in England still in use), all UNESCO heritage sites.
geoffrey chaucer
On the corner of Best Lane and High Street, stands the statue of Geoffrey Chaucer.
Canterbury Tales
'The Canterbury Tales' of Geoffrey Chaucer
Canterbury Cathedral
Canterbury Cathedral is the cathedral of the archbishop of Canterbury, the leader of the Church of England and symbolic leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion.
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Augustine founded Canterbury cathedral
Pope Gregory I order
Cathedral: in the history of the country
night of 29 December 1170
murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket
Cathedral: one of the most important pilgrimage destinations of the Europe
England’s mother church
pilgrimage to the shrine of the saint
seat of the Bishop who is also the Archbishop
mother of 80 million Anglicans worldwide
Timelines
14th and 15th centuries
Modern period
Plantagenet period
Early Medieval
Monastic buildings
Norman
The cathedral was destroyed by fire in 1067, a year after the Norman Conquest.
The murder of the archbishop, Thomas Becket, in the north-west transept on Tuesday 29 December 1170, by knights of King Henry II. -September 1174 - 1180–1184 -1538
The murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket was Made in the night of 29 December 1170
Bede recorded that Augustine reused a former Roman church.
The cathedral was seriously damaged by the 1382 Dover Straits earthquake
view of the cathedral and its monastic buildings, made in about 1165[40] and known as the "waterworks plan"
Plan of Canterbury Cathedral before the 1067 fire
The Norman cathedral, after its expansion by Ernulf and Conrad.
Tomb of Edward
The 'Black Prince'
Built in the 14th century for Edward of Woodstock, the son of Edward III of England. The day before he died, specified his desired place of burial, and contained detailed stipulations as to the design of his tomb and that it be located in the Trinity Chapel of Canterbury Cathedral, where his body is still interred.
Martyrdom
The Becket altar is known as the Martyrdom and it was one of the main stopping points for any medieval pilgrim visiting the shrine of St Thomas.
On 29 December 1170 four knights, sent by King Henry II, murdered Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury
Canterbury stained-glass window
These surviving 12th-century windows from Canterbury Cathedral represent the male ancestors of Christ. They represent scenes from the life of Thomas Becket and are part of a larger series that includes subjects from the Old and New Testaments
curiosity
The cathedral has a total of 21 bells in the three towers
Bell Harry Tower
- Completed in 1498 - Designed by the architect John Wastell
It is known as Bell Harry by virtue of the original bell given in 1288 by Prior Henry of Eastry, to be hung on the roof of the tower as it then stood.
curiosity
Oxford Tower
- All of the bells were cast in 1981 - Fourteen bells
It contains the cathedral's main ring of bells, hung for change ringing in the English style. The ringers practice on Thursday at 7:15 pm.
curiosity
Arundel Tower
- It contains the cathedral's clock chime - The hour is struck on Great Dunstan
The largest bell in Kent swung on Sunday mornings for Matins.
curiosity
the organ
Religious music
Polyphonic music written for the monks of Christ Church Priory, now Canterbury Cathedral, survives from the 13th century.
curiosity
church history, older theology, British history, travel, science and medicine, and the anti-slavery movement
Library
of the University of Kent.
The cathedral library has a collection of about 30,000 books and pamphlets printed before the 20th century and about 20,000 later books and serials.
curiosity
Silent disco
“There are many different views on the secular and the sacred. Our 90s-themed silent disco will be appropriate to and respectful of the cathedral – it is categorically not a ‘rave in the nave’ – but I appreciate that some will never agree that dancing and pop music have a place within cathedrals.”