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Thomas Becket was Arch bishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170. He was murdered in 1170 and is considered a saint and a martyr by Roman Catholic church for standing up against King Henry II of England for rights and privileges of the church.
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They were English so they were from England and did not go there.
Popular teaching, aka what you learned in grade school, states that the Pilgrims came for religious freedom. Wrong! Only around 40 of the 102 pilgrims were going for religion. The other 62 went in order to such for gold, adventure or for land. And if the majority went for those reasons, those are the reasons for the pilgrims going to America.
St. Thomas Becket
The pilgrims in "The Canterbury Tales" were traveling to the shrine of Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral as a form of religious pilgrimage. They were seeking spiritual renewal and seeking forgiveness for their sins.
D. To the cathedral in Canterbury. The pilgrims are going on a journey to visit the shrine of Thomas Becket in Canterbury.
During the Middle Ages, religion was very important, and many chose to prove their faith by going on pilgrimages to holy sites. Pilgrims would have included anyone, from various walks of life, who had the funds to pay for a trek to Becket's shrine.
Chaucer's pilgrims are going to Canterbury Cathedral to visit the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket, who was murdered there in 1170. The pilgrimage serves as a backdrop for the storytelling in "The Canterbury Tales," allowing Chaucer to explore different aspects of medieval society through his characters' tales.
In "The Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer, the characters are traveling from London to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket in Canterbury. They are making this pilgrimage to seek the blessings of Saint Thomas in hopes of fulfilling their desires or gaining forgiveness for their sins.
They are going to see the tomb of Saint Thomas Becket.
St. Thomas A. Becket
The characters in "Canterbury Tales" were going to see the shrine of Thomas Becket at the Canterbury Cathedral as part of their pilgrimage. This pilgrimage is the premise for the storytelling competition that forms the structure of the narrative.
The pilgrims decided that Thanksgiving was going to be celebrated.
The people are going to Canterbury on a pilgrimage to visit the shrine of Thomas Becket, a religious martyr. Canterbury Cathedral was an important site of pilgrimage in medieval England due to the belief in the healing powers of relics and the spiritual significance of making such a journey.
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