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Chartres Stained Glass #25: Becket Window



Becket Window St. Thomas Lies Dead; Censing Angel; Sick Pilgrims Gather
Becket Window
Murder of St. Thomas in the Cathedral by Three Knights
Becket Window, Chartres
A Conversation; Becket Enters Cathedral; Killers Lie in Wait
Becket Window, Chartres
Meeting with King; King Henry Refuses to See Thomas

Meeting with Pope and King; Returning to England

Monks Say Goodbye; Leaving on Horse; Meeting with King

Leaving England in a Ship; Meeting with the Pope

Ordained Bishop; Meeting with a King
Tanners
Donors: The Tanners

Standing Before a King; Arriving at the Gates of a City

Thomas and His Family Banished?
 

The Becket Window depicts the life and violent death (in 1170) of St. Thomas Becket, Bishop of Canterbury. Murdered by agents of the king as he kneeled in prayer in Canterbury Cathedral, the English saint became popular throughout Europe and well known in the diocese of Chartres. Canterbury has several medieval Becket Windows, which are interesting to compare to this one across the Channel. The window is located on the side of a radiating chapel in the south ambulatory.

St. Thomas Becket
St. Thomas Becket in the Becket Window.

Canterbury Cathedral
St. Thomas Becket outside Canterbury Cathedral. Note flying buttresses.

Tanners
St. Thomas Becket on horseback.



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