About Edward Grim; Benedict of Peterborough; William of Canterbury tradition
Edward Grim was a Cambridge clerk who witnessed the murder of Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral and was wounded while trying to protect him. Benedict of Peterborough and William of Canterbury were monks whose miracle collections helped turn the murdered archbishop's shrine into one of medieval Europe's richest records of illness, pilgrimage, vows, relic water, and claimed healing.
Edward Grim; Benedict of Peterborough; William of Canterbury tradition
1170-1173; miracle collections late 12th century · Medieval · Hagiography
St. Thomas Becket and the Canterbury Miracles traces a murder into a medical archive. Becket's political story is familiar: the brilliant royal chancellor becomes archbishop of Canterbury, clashes with Henry II over ecclesiastical liberty and royal jurisdiction, goes into exile, returns under tense compromise, and is killed in the cathedral on 29 December 1170 by knights acting in the atmosphere of the king's fury.
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