Murder of Thomas Becket

E140113
assassination historical event political crime

The Murder of Thomas Becket was the 1170 assassination of the Archbishop of Canterbury by knights loyal to King Henry II, a pivotal event in the medieval conflict between church and crown.

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Label Occurrences
Becket controversy 2
Murder of Thomas Becket canonical 2
Assassination of Thomas Becket 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf assassination ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
political crime ⓘ
hasAftermath condemnation by Pope Alexander III ⓘ
exile of the four knights ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Murder of Thomas Becket ⓘ
surface form: Assassination of Thomas Becket

Murder of Thomas Becket ⓘ
surface form: Martyrdom of Thomas Becket
hasBurialPlaceOfVictim Canterbury Cathedral ⓘ
hasCause conflict over church courts ⓘ
dispute over clerical privilege ⓘ
tensions over the Constitutions of Clarendon ⓘ
hasConsequence canonization of Thomas Becket ⓘ
creation of the shrine of Thomas Becket ⓘ
growth of pilgrimage to Canterbury ⓘ
public penance of Henry II ⓘ
strengthening of church authority in England ⓘ
hasContext Investiture Controversy era ⓘ
conflict between church and crown ⓘ
reign of Henry II of England ⓘ
hasCountry England ⓘ
hasDate 1170-12-29 ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod High Middle Ages ⓘ
hasInvolvedOrganization Kingdom of England ⓘ
surface form: English Crown

Catholic Church worldwide ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
hasInvolvedPerson Henry II of England ⓘ
Saint Thomas Becket ⓘ
surface form: Thomas Becket
hasLanguageOfPrimarySources Anglo-Norman ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
hasLegalCharacterization sacrilegious murder ⓘ
hasLocation Canterbury ⓘ
Canterbury Cathedral ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
hasMannerOfDeath martyrdom ⓘ
hasNotableQuoteAssociated "Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?" ⓘ
hasPerpetrator Hugh de Morville ⓘ
Reginald FitzUrse ⓘ
Richard le Breton ⓘ
William de Tracy ⓘ
hasPrimaryTarget Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
hasRelatedPlace Canterbury Cathedral ⓘ
surface form: Canterbury Cathedral high altar

Shrine of Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral ⓘ
surface form: Shrine of Thomas Becket
hasRelatedWork Murder in the Cathedral ⓘ
surface form: T. S. Eliot’s play "Murder in the Cathedral"

The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
hasReligion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholicism
hasReligiousSignificance Christian martyrdom ⓘ
cult of Saint Thomas Becket ⓘ
hasTypeOfCrime religiously motivated political assassination ⓘ
hasVictim St Thomas of Canterbury ⓘ
surface form: Thomas Becket
hasYear 1170 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Canterbury Cathedral → significantEvent → Murder of Thomas Becket ⓘ
Canterbury Cathedral → becameMajorPilgrimageSiteAfter → Murder of Thomas Becket ⓘ
Henry II of England → notableEvent → Murder of Thomas Becket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Becket controversy
Murder of Thomas Becket → hasAlternativeName → Murder of Thomas Becket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Assassination of Thomas Becket
Murder of Thomas Becket → hasAlternativeName → Murder of Thomas Becket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Martyrdom of Thomas Becket
Constitutions of Clarendon → relatedTo → Murder of Thomas Becket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Becket controversy