MEDIEVAL ART AND ARCHITECTURE
ENGLAND: CANTERBURY: CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL
Preliminary Notes
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Abbey of Benedictine monks
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Also the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury
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Site of important Anglo-Saxon church that has recently been
excavated
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Nave and transepts rebuilt by Archbishop Lanfranc (1070-89)
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Choir finished under his successors, Arnulph and Conrad
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Archbishop Thomas Becket murdered here on December 29, 1170
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Choir destroyed by fire in 1174-rebuilt 1176-84
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Became major English pilgrimage site
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Nave and east transept rebuilt in Perpendicular Gothic style
ca. 1365-1400
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Last updated by JV 07/99