Jenkins, John Christopher orcid.org/0000-0003-3264-9130 (2019) Replication or rivalry? The ‘Becketization’ of pilgrimage in English Cathedrals. Religion. pp. 24-47. ISSN 1096-1151
Abstract
In 1170 the murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket in his own Cathedral sent shockwaves through Europe, yet few could have foreseen the spectacular expansion of his cult throughout Christendom in the following decade. While many of the individual structural and performative aspects of his hagiolatry were hardly new, the ‘Becket model’ was to shape the nature of cult within and beyond English cathedrals for the remainder of the Middle Ages. Following the initial burst of pilgrim activity, the monks of Canterbury carefully curated the shape of, and access to, the cult within the Cathedral in order to confirm their role as sole custodians and to promote their political influence. This article provides new readings of the use of sacred space in the cathedrals of Canterbury, Durham, and York, and foregrounds the significance of Becket’s cult in understandings of both medieval and modern constructions of the English pilgrimage experience.
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > History (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 03 Oct 2018 11:50 |
Last Modified: | 25 Mar 2025 00:09 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/0048721X.2018.1515327 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/0048721X.2018.1515327 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:136597 |