Edward Grim

Edward Grim

Monastic witness to the murder of Thomas Becket

📍 Cambridge, Massachusetts USA

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Edward Grim was a monk from Cambridge who visited Canterbury Cathedral on Tuesday 29 December 1170, when Thomas Becket was murdered. He researched and published a book, Vita S. Thomae in about 1180, which is today known chiefly for a short section in which he gave an eyewitness account of the events in the cathedral.

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