Pilgrimages

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Pilgrimages

• In the medieval age

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Keywords write these down

• Pilgrimage a special and holy journey
• Pilgrim a person who goes on a pilgrimage
• Shrine a place of worship
• Martyr one who dies for what they believe
• Rome where the Pope lives
• Jerusalem important place in the life of Jesus

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A reminder Medieval Kings
Harold 1066 William I (1066-1087) William Rufus
( 1087 1100) Henry I (1100 1135) Stephen (
1135 1154) Henry II ( 1154 1189) Richard I
( 1189 1199)
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Who is King at the Moment?

• Henry II 1164-1189
• Henry was worried that the barons
• owned more castles than he did
• so he either took them or demolished them!
• Henry was also anxious to improve the law of the
  land.

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Henry II might be king of England but who had the
power?

• What do you think Henry II would have thought of
  this?
• Right! He wasnt happy so he made his friend
  Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury in 1162.

• The Pope was the ruler of the Roman Catholic
  Church and he lived in Rome.
• He controlled all the bishops and priests and
  churches.

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So who do you obey?

• The people had to decide who to obey. What if the
  pope disagreed with the king?
• The king decided that he wanted all people
  including the priests to be under the law of the
  king, but Becket disagreed.

• Becket made the king angry when he asked the pope
  to excommunicate the Archbishop of York for
  supporting the king!!

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When Henry heard of this he was at a feast and
was furious!!
will no one rid me of this troublesome priest?
Four knights slipped away. Uhh ohh! Becket was in
trouble now!
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4 of the kings knights took swords and killed
Thomas Becket (1170).
People soon heard what had happened and came and
tore bits of his clothing and dipped it in blood
and took it away. They thought these were holy
RELICS.
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Thomas Becket R I P

• After Becket was killed on the alter of his
  cathedral, he was almost immediately named a
  saint.
• Church believed his body and blood were sacred
  and how the power to cure.
• People went to Beckets shrine to be healed.

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Canterbury Tales

• Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories where
  all characters are on a pilgrimage.
• Pilgrimage- a religious journey made to a shrine
  or holy place.

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So what about the Pilgrimage ?

• Canterbury Cathedral became a centre for
  pilgrimages because of Thomas Becket becoming a
  martyr.
• Pilgrims though they could be healed there.

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For you to do.

• You are a medieval travel agent and are designing
  an advert to get pilgrims to go on a pilgrimage.
• You can decide where to e.g. Canterbury, Rome,
  Jerusalem.
• How will they get there?
• What will they bring?
• Remember it is the medieval age so no trains,
  planes or automobiles!

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Plenary

• Put up Jerusalem, Rome, Canterbury around the
  room. You then give a statement about going on a
  pilgrimage there are students have to get to the
  right place in 5 seconds. Eg. I am going to see
  the pope.
• Those in the wrong place can be sent to a corner,
  marked hell!
• Make sure the chairs are under.