"Danish or Swedish knights on the font in Lyngsjo Church, 12C" Topic
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| Druzhina | 04 Nov 2014 7:07 p.m. PST |
Dopfunten, Lyngsjö Kyrka, Skåne. Knights on the font in Lyngsjo Church, Scania, southern Sweden, late 12th century
King Henry II of England condemns Thomas Becket. Font, Lyngsjo Church
The Murder of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury. Font, Lyngsjo Church
Edward Grim, with a cross staff in his hand, is wounded. Font, Lyngsjo Church
Note the flat-topped helmets, the ventail and wide nasal.
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Dopfunten, Lyngsjö Kyrka, Skåne Knights on the font in Lyngsjo Church, Scania, southern Sweden, late 12th century Druzhina
Scandinavian Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers |
Dr Mathias  | 05 Nov 2014 10:34 a.m. PST |
You really come up with some good stuff. Thanks! |
| Great War Ace | 05 Nov 2014 2:30 p.m. PST |
How odd, an English atrocity on a Scandinavian artwork. Was the story of Becket that well known?… |
| Druzhina | 05 Nov 2014 7:44 p.m. PST |
It seems so. See these from Italy and Spain:
Murder of Thomas Becket, Wall Painting in the Church of Saints Giovanni & Paolo, Spoleto, Italy, late 12th-century
The Murder of Thomas Becket, Wall Painting in Santa Maria de Terrassa, Catalonia, Spain, c1180-1200
The Martyrdom of Thomas Becket, Fresco in the Museo Diocesano from Palazzo dei Trecento, Treviso, Veneto, Italy, c.1260 Druzhina
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| janner | 06 Nov 2014 5:07 a.m. PST |
The proliferation of the Becket cult has been linked to the daughters of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II. So fine examples can be seen in Iberia and Southern Italy/Sicily, as well as Saxony. However, the Cistercians and Augustinian Orders were also involved as it served as a useful examplar of the Church's authority over secular rulers ;-) |
| Great War Ace | 06 Nov 2014 9:26 a.m. PST |
Well, I'll be swizzled. It never occurred to me before that the Becket story proliferated so widely. It helps explain why Henry II underwent such a painful and ignominious penance to remove the blame he shared…. |
| janner | 06 Nov 2014 11:26 a.m. PST |
Yes, the English even formed a hospitaller order in Acre during the Third Crusade dedicated to St. Thomas, which was later militarised. For more on which see Alan Forey's Forey, 'The Military Order of St Thomas of Acre', English Historical Review, 92 (1977), pp. 481–503. |
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