Sword that Killed Becket Brooch

$15.00 133 x 33

The Sword that Killed Becket had (and has) its own altar in Canterbury. Our sign is copied from numerous examples. Although the murder took place in 1170, the sword is a 14th or early 15th century one, with a ring-shaped pommel characteristic of the Irish medieval sword. Together with the beast-heads on the cross (if they are taken to be bear heads), this may point to the popular belief that it was the Irishman Reginald Fitz Urse who struck the fatal blow.

Product details: Spencer, Brian. Salisbury Museum Medieval Catalogue: Pt. 2, Pilgrim Souvenirs and Secular Badges. Salisbury: Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum, 1990. Nos. 55-70; Mitchiner, Michael. Medieval Pilgrim and Secular Badges. Sanderstead: Hawkins Publications, 1986. Nos. 124-5; Spencer. Brian. “Pilgrim Souvenirs from the Medieval Excavations at Trig Lane.” Transactions of the London & Middlesex Archaeological Society, vol. 33 (1983), 304-332.
Dimensions (H x W):
 inches
5 1/4 x 1 5/16 mm
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Description

scabbard sheath

beckett

Additional information

Weight 1 oz
Dimensions 35 × 135 in
Pennsic debut

1997

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