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Cucuzzella, Jean Moore, The destruction of the imagery of Saint Thomas Becket.
Master of Arts (Art History), May, 1998, 106 pp., 11 illustrations, references, 69 titles.
This thesis analyzes the destruction of imagery dedicated to Saint Thomas Becket
in order to investigate the nature of sixteenth-century iconoclasm in Reformation England.
In doing so, it also considers the veneration of images during the late Middle Ages and the
Renaissance. Research involved examining medieval and sixteenth-century historical
studies concerning Becket's life and cult, anti-Becket sentiment prior to the sixteenth
century, and the political circumstances in England that led to the destruction of shrines
and imagery. This study provides insight into the ways in which religious images could
carry multifaceted, ideological significance that represented diversified ideas for varying
social strata—royal, ecclesiastical and lay.
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Cucuzzella, Jean Moore. The Destruction of the Imagery of Saint Thomas Becket, thesis, May 1998; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278647/m1/2/?q=fcc+record: accessed June 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .