King Henry II doing penance at the tomb of Thomas Becket, Canterbury, 12 July 1174
From an original engraving Cassell's history of England circa 1898. Info from wiki: The king performed a public act of penance on 12 July 1174 at Canterbury, when he publicly confessed his sins, and then allowed each bishop present, including Foliot, to give him five blows from a rod, then each of the 80 monks of Canterbury Cathedral gave the king three blows. The king then offered gifts to Becket's shrine and spent a vigil at Becket's tomb
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