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Title Thomas Becket in the Medieval and Modern Stained Glass of Canterbury Cathedral
Date Thu 28 Jan
Event Lecture
Time 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Venue Old Sessions House, OS.0.01, Longport, Canterbury, CT1 1NX
Contact artsandculture@canterbury.ac.uk or Tel: 01227 922994
Price Free

Despite Henry VIII’s proclamations and the gleeful iconoclasm of “Blue Dick” Culmer during the Civil War, remarkable panels of 13th and 15th century stained glass picturing Thomas Becket still survive in Canterbury Cathedral. Interestingly, however, these medieval panels are not as widely known nor as popular as stained glass images of Becket installed in the cathedral in the early 20th century by the glazier Samuel Caldwell, Jr. Starting in the 1960s, when colour reproduction became more economical, Caldwell’s images have appeared on postcards, book covers, museum exhibits, posters, tourist trinkets and, now, numerous websites. This lecture will compare the cathedral’s medieval and modern stained glass depictions of Becket. A study of Canterbury’s glass reveals a great deal not only about medieval conceptions of Becket and his cult, but also about our own engagement with Becket’s legacy.

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