Canterbury Tales Research Paper

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The Cathedral of Canterbury (or also known as the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Christ at Canterbury) is a very old and famous building in England.
It is located in Kent, South East England and was built in 597 AD. The architects were William of Sens and William the Englishman which have sketched the cathedral in the Romanesque and Gothic architectural style. Its Bell Harry Tower, which is about 75 meters high, is a great example for the Gothic style.

When Pope Gregory the Great had sent St. Augustine as a missionary to England, the history of the Christ Church of Canterbury has begun.
St. Augustine became the first archbishop of Canterbury and had an own church. It was a place for the Christian community to pray and a monastery for the Benedictine monks.
In the year 1011, the Danes destroyed many English towns; including Canterbury. The Cathedral was set on fire and the Danish people kidnapped Archbishop Alphege and they would have set him free in exchange of ransom money. But Alphege forbade anyone to give money to the Danes and so they killed him. After that he became something like a …show more content…
Henry II., King of England, was one of his close friends, but they had different opinions about the church. As Becket even refused to sign the document Constitutions of Clarenden he was found guilty of treason at the Great Council. Scared of the consequences, Thomas fled to France. There he became friends with Pope Alexander III., who talked Henry II. into letting Thomas Becket come back to England. As the Pope succeeded, the friendship between Becket and Henry was still not that strong. When they got into a fight, the King of England spoke the following words: ''Will no one rid me of this troublesome priest?'' (with the words ''troublesome priest'' he made reference to the archbishop Thomas Becket) Four Knights have misunderstood him and thought that he wanted Thomas to be

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