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Pilgrims have gone to visit Thomas Becket shrine in Canterbury because he was a credit to them and he died for them so they prayed for him. Also because they thought he was a good person, so they worship God, at his shrine. That is so that they can become like Thomas Becket was, in order for them so that one day somebody can have the position that Becket had before he died.
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Whose shrine are the pilgrims planning to visit at Canterbury?
They are planning to visit the shrine of St. Thomas.
Why did the pilgrims go to Canterbury?
Canterbury always had religious significance as a place of pilgrimage. However, after the death of Thomas Becket, his canonization by Pope Alexander and his elevation to sainthood, its popularity was assured. At Beckets death, locals collected cloth soaked with his blood. To touch or be touched by the blood reputedly cured blindness, epilepsy and all other ills. As this became known throughout the kingdom, Canterbury became THE place of pilgrimage.
Why pilgrims go to becket's shrine at Canterbury?
Becket was an influential character, and is considered by some to be a saint. People visit his tomb because they see him as a martyr of sorts; an aspirational character. Even to his death he was a pious man, although this may be disputed, and followed the Bible, even at the expense of his favour with the king.
What property did Cromwell's agents seize from English monasteries?
They attacked statues, roods, and images, and dismantled the shrine of St Thomas Becket at Canterbury. He also set up one Bible in each church.
What were the accomplishments of Thomas Becket?
Thomas Becket was the Archbishop of Canterbury. At the same time, King Henry II, who had been Becket's close friend, was trying to increase his own power at the expense of the Church. Becket resisted this and was assassinated in the cathedral during Vespers. Four knights had tried to get him to leave with them, and when he refused, they attacked him with their swords, while he continued to say his prayers. As a result of these acts, King Henry was humiliated and the power of the Church was significantly increased. Becket was a martyr, and the Church soon declared him to be a saint. Pilgrims went to Canterbury to visit the shrine of a saint to had stood up to a king, and this also diminished the stature of the monarchy for centuries, until the Church in England was pretty much overwhelmed by King Henry VIII.
