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	Canterbury - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Canterbury is a cathedral city in the county of Kent in southeast England.
		Canterbury is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the primate of the Church of England.
		Canterbury Cathedral is the burial place of King Henry IV and of Edward the Black Prince, but is most famous as the scene of the murder of Thomas a Becket in 1170.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canterbury (1108 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Canterbury
		Thenceforth, too, the Archbishops of Canterbury became absorbed in the wider duties of primate, as is seen in the episcopate of St. Anselm, who contested with the king the rights of the Church involved in the question of investitures.
		Henceforth Canterbury, as the place of his shrine, entered on new glories, becoming famous through all Christendom for the miracles wrought at the tomb, the devotion of the pilgrims, and the splendour of the shring.
		Canterbury, as a city, has never recovered from the loss of St. Thomas's shrine and the destruction of the two great monasteries, but the cathedral still remains, one of the finest buildings in the country, as a witness to its former glory.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/03299b.htm (2178 words)

	Canterbury (England) - Wikitravel
		Canterbury is a cathedral city in Kent, in the south of England, the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, head of the Church of England.
		Canterbury is easily accessible from London by following the M2 south and east until it merges with the A2, linking Canterbury with Chatham, Gillingham and Sittingbourne to the north, and the port of Dover to the south.
		Canterbury Cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Chief Primate of the Church of England.
	wikitravel.org /en/Canterbury_(England) (1255 words)

	The Online Guide to Canterbury - History (1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		The area in which Canterbury is situated was once a boggy wasteland, but gradually over time, with prehistoric mans' advancement in tools and implements, the area was cultivated and cleared for settlement.
		Canterbury had all the luxuries of a Roman city such as theaters, baths, temples, forums and intricately mosaiced houses.
		To ensure that Canterbury was kept as a stronghold, it was fortified with new walls, gates and towers, and a massive stone keep was built, similar to the those at Dover and Rochester.
	www.thycotic.com /guide/general/history.html (849 words)

	Canterbury Cathedral- A Virtual Tour
		Canterbury is the seat of the Primate of all England, the Archbishop of Canterbury.
		Augustine of Canterbury, who baptized King Ethelbert of Kent in 597 C.E. and consecrated his church in Canterbury to Christ sometime around 602 C.E. Christ's church was built upon the foundations of an earlier church.
		In this period, the archbishop who served as abbot of Canterbury was very much a part of his community, and it is known that Lanfranc sat with his brethren in the cloister at Canterbury.
	www.faculty.de.gcsu.edu /~dvess/ids/medieval/canterbury/canterbury.shtml (3185 words)

	Canterbury Stained Glass (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		A Celtic church was established in Canterbury during the Roman occupation but, following the departure of the Roman legions in the 5th century and the reconquest of the region by Jutes and Saxons, Christianity was displaced by the old pagan religions.
		For more than three hundred years Canterbury attracted great numbers of pilgrims from throughout England and Europe, and many hundreds of miracles of healing were recorded at the shrine of Thomas Becket.
		A measure of the immense popularity of the Canterbury pilgrimage is evident from the fact that twenty-six wagons were required to haul away the confiscated gold, jewels and other treasures that had been donated to the shrine.
	sacredsites.com /europe/england/canterbury_cathedral.html (452 words)

	CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL - A part of KENT RESOURCES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Canterbury is not a large city and the sheer bulk of the Cathedral almost seems out of proportion with its surroundings.
		This site is about the history of the Cathedral as it relates in particular to the City of Canterbury and the people who have been associated with it through the ages.
		The Dean and Chapter of Canterbury Cathedral have very kindly sanctioned the use of the pictures in this section that were taken in and around The Cathedral.
	www.digiserve.com /peter/cc.htm (397 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Anselm
		Archbishop of Canterbury, Doctor of the Church; born at Aosta a Burgundian town on the confines of Lombardy, died 21 April, 1109.
		Arriving in Canterbury on the eve of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, he was hailed by the people as their future archbishop; but he hastened away and would in no wise consent to remain for the festival.
		With the King's permission prayers were offered in all the churches that God would move the King to deliver the Church of Canterbury by the appointment of a pastor, and at the request of the bishops Anselm drew up the form of prayer.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/01546a.htm (4767 words)

	Travel for Kids: Canterbury, England
		Canterbury Cathedral – Canterbury Cathedral, is just a glorious example of soaring Gothic architecture and medieval stained glass windows.
		Originally an 11th century motte and bailey, the stone castle was built in the 12th century, but quickly became the county jail (not terribly comfortable for the prisoners).
		A train ride to Canterbury takes an exciting turn for Joe Bink when he's whisked into town on a bewitched tricycle that puts him down in the middle of the Dead-nettle witch's coven.
	www.travelforkids.com /Funtodo/England/canterbury.htm (543 words)

	GO BRITANNIA! TRAVEL GUIDE: Canterbury - Britannia's Magical History Tour
		Much of Canterbury's early past had been covered over by layers of time, but was exposed after the German bombings of World War II destroyed about a third of the old city.
		Not much is known about specific events in Canterbury until 597, when Pope Gregory dispatched Augustine (not to be confused with the other Augustine, the fourth century St. Augustine of Hippo, who wrote "Confessions" and the "City of God") and other monks to England to convert the heathen Saxons to Christianity.
		To many people, though, Canterbury is chiefly important for being the place where Thomas a Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury and England's most famous martyr, was murdered in 1170 by four of Henry II's overzealous knights, Richard Brito, Hugh de Moreville, Reginald FitzUrse and William de Tracy.
	www.britannia.com /travel/magical/magic17.html (963 words)

	England 2004 - Canterbury
		West Gate TowersAfter the Cathedral, the West Gate is Canterbury's next eye-catching landmark. It has stood for six centuries on guard over the road to and from London.
		ChristChurch GateThe bronze figure of Christ in the center is a recent addition, a bronze figure installed in 1991 replacing a figure of Christ destroyed in 1642 by Parliamentarians who used the figure for target practice.
		Canterbury Cathedral InteriorWe went to the Evensong at Canterbury Cathedral.
	www.toaster.org /coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=9 (297 words)

	Magna Carta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		John, by the grace of God, king of England, lord of Ireland, duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, and count of Anjou, to the archbishop, bishops, abbots, earls, barons, justiciaries, foresters, sheriffs, stewards, servants, and to all his bailiffs and liege subjects, greetings.
		All kydells for the future shall be removed altogether from Thames and Medway, and throughout all England, except upon the seashore.
		And on this head, we have caused to be made for them letters testimonial patent of the lord Stephen, archbishop of Canterbury, of the lord Henry, archbishop of Dublin, of the bishops aforesaid, and of Master Pandulf as touching this security and the concessions aforesaid.
	www.cs.indiana.edu /statecraft/magna-carta.html (1758 words)

	Canterbury Hotels Information - Best prices, best places
		One of England's most venerable cities, CANTERBURY offers a rich slice through two thousand years of history, with Roman and early Christian ruins, a Norman castle, and a famous cathedral that dominates a medieval warren of time-skewed Tudor dwellings.
		At the turn of the first millennium, Canterbury suffered repeated sackings by the Danes until Canute, a recent Christian convert, restored the ruined Christ Church, only for it to be destroyed by fire a year before the Norman invasion.
		Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, written towards the end of the fourteenth century, portrays the unexpectedly festive nature of pilgrimages to Becket's tomb, which was plundered and destroyed at the orders of Henry VIII.
	www.simplytravelinfo.com /UK/England/Canterbury.htm (710 words)

	The Online Guide to Canterbury - Main Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		From humble pilgrims to Roman battalions to Royalty, Canterbury has been an important visiting place throughout the centuries and is one of the few places that can trace unended occupancy throughout known history.
		Situated in Kent in the south east of England, it is accessible for all.
		Canterbury is the centre for the founding of English Christianity.The Cathedral gives Canterbury it's fame as the head church for the Anglican Faith throughout the world.
	www.thycotic.com /guide/main.html (287 words)

	Canterbury: A unique virtual walk around this ancient city
		It's August 2005, Canterbury has been undergoing a considerable amount of reconstruction in the last three years, and the Canterbury Tour has changed to reflect the rebuilding.
		If this is your first visit, be sure to see the page on Navigating the Canterbury Tour.
		You may also enjoy: Canterbury - a Tourist's Guide, a not very serious history of the City.
	www.hillside.co.uk /tour (207 words)

	Hillside Systems - Canterbury - a Tourist's Guide
		Shops in Canterbury proceeded to rip them off by selling them cheap trinkets that they could attach to their anoraks to prove that they had been here.
		The Canterbury Heritage museum has a locomotive called Invicta that was supposed to work the line.
		They were so busy with their video cameras taking nice shots of `Canterbury from the Air' that they didn't notice that Franz had accidentally pressed the bomb release.
	www.hillside.co.uk /articles/canterbury.html (948 words)

	Canterbury hotels - Thanington hotel, close city centre, heated swimming pooll.
		Canterbury is an ideal base for visitors to East Kent, being centrally located, with excellent communications, by road or rail - and from September 2004 - by air:- Manston Airport offers affordable flights to many UK and European destinations.
		It is one of only two hotels in Canterbury with an indoor heated swimming pool, available all year round and leading directly to the `sun trap` garden.
		An 'oasis' in the bustling tourist city of Canterbury, Thanington Hotel is just ten minutes stroll from the city centre.
	www.thanington-hotel.co.uk (404 words)

	Timeline of Anglo Saxon England 899 AD-977 AD
		King Edward the Elder of England and his sister, Princess Aethelflaed of Mercia, raid Danish East Anglia and bring back the body of St. Oswald in triumph.
		- The border between England and Wales is set at the River Wye when Kings Hywel Dda of Deheubarth and Owain of Glywysing and Gwent submit to the overlordship of King Athelstan of England at Hereford.
		Kings Hywel Dda of Deheubarth, Idwal Foel of Gwynedd and Morgan Mwynfawr of Morgannwg are compelled to accompany Athelstan on his campaign against King Constantine II of Alba.
	www.britannia.com /history/saxontime4.html (1592 words)

	Canterbury Hotels UK, Hotels in Canterbury, England.
		The Express by Holiday Inn Canterbury is a modern hotel conveniently located on the A2, three miles from Canterbury city centre.
		Only twelve minutes from the beautiful city of Canterbury and twenty minutes from the channel tunnel, we are ideally situated for the tourist and traveller or for those seeking a quiet hideaway for a relaxing break.
		Explore the many local byways on foot, by bicycle or on horseback, enjoy a round of golf at one of the many fine courses in the vicinity, all of which can be organised for you in advance of your arrival, or simply relax in our beautiful gardens.
	www.canterbury-hotels.co.uk (1137 words)

	Medieval Sourcebook: Roger of Hoveden: The Chronicle: On the Disputes between Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury ...
		In the same year, Henry, king of England, having levied a large army, laid siege to Toulouse, and although he sat before it for a long time, and wasted his treasure in various expenses, still he was able to effect nothing there, and without gaining his object, took his departure.
		In the same year, a great dissension arose between the king of England and Thomas, archbishop of Canterbury, relative to the ecclesiastical dignities, which the said king of the English was attempting to disturb and lower in estimation, whereas the archbishop endeavored by every possible means to keep the ecclesiastical power and dignities intact.
		After this, there came to England Rotrod, archbishop of Rouen, on behalf of our lord the pope, for the purpose of effecting a reconciliation between the king and the archbishop of Canterbury; to which, however, the king would on no account consent, unless our lord the pope should, by his bull, confirm those laws.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/source/hoveden-becket.html (12932 words)

	Anselm of Canterbury [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
		The father of medieval scholasticism and one of the most eminent of English prelates was born at Aost Piedmont in 1033.
		Anselm died at Canterbury, England on April 21, 1109.
		He returned to England as soon is he heard of the death of William in 1100.
	www.utm.edu /research/iep/a/anselm.htm (1104 words)

	AllRefer.com - Saint Augustine of Canterbury (Saints Biography) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		A Roman monk, he was sent to England, as the head of some 40 monks, by Pope St. Gregory I. Arriving in 597, they were well received by King Æthelbert, who was converted by Augustine, thus making him the first Christian king in Anglo-Saxon England.
		Augustine's mission, introducing the more flexible and organized Roman usages, was resented by Celtic monks of the British isles, whose austerities were disparate and more severe and who kept a different date of Easter.
		Their differences were eventually settled in 663 at the Synod of Whitby, when England abandoned Celtic practices.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/A/AugustnCa.html (273 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Edmund Rich
		Archbishop of Canterbury, England, born 20 November, c.
		After having devoted himself to the study of theology, Edmund acquired fame as a preacher, and was commissioned to preach the Sixth Crusade in various parts of England.
		Ten years later he was appointed to the Archbishopric of Canterbury by Gregory IX and consecrated 2 April, 1234.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/05294a.htm (752 words)

	Canterbury Cathedral Photographs
		Canterbury is a town in the south east of England about an hour and a half train ride from London.
		Canterbury cathedral is an excellent example of the gothic style architecture where bigger was better.
		This was the entrance to the part of Canterbury the Cathedral is in..
	home.comcast.net /~apollo_photocards/photos/eng2.html (469 words)

	The Mission of St. Augustine of Canterbury to the English.
		The Mission of St. Augustine of Canterbury to the English.
		The consecration of Augustine as Archbishop of Canterbury
		The consolidation of the episcopal structure in England
	users.aol.com /butrousch/augustine (193 words)

	Timeline of Anglo Saxon England 978 AD-1066 AD
		English troops are deployed on the Lleyn Peninsula on behalf of King Hywel of Gwynedd in order to prevent his uncle, Iago, invading with Viking allies from Dublin.
		Alphage refuses to be ransomed and the Vikings throw ox-bones at him in a drunken orgee and kill him.
		- King Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark lands in England and is proclaimed king; Aethelred II the Unready flees to Normandy.
	www.britannia.com /history/saxontime5.html (808 words)

	EXPRESS BY HOLIDAY INN CANTERBURY HOTELS \| CANTERBURY \| Official Hotel Site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		The Express by Holiday Inn Canterbury is conveniently located on the A2, 10 minutes west of the city centre.
		Canterbury, England's most famous cathedral city of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and now a UNESCO world heritage site sits on the River Stour in one of the most attractive corners of rural Kent.
		Today Canterbury still welcomes visitors from all four corners of the globe and has, with its many ancient buildings, shops, bars and restaurants, retained both an old world charm and a cosmopolitan vitality.
	www.hiexpress.com /canterburyuk (224 words)

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