Nqe lus piav txog kev nyiam
Saint Augustine, thawj Archbishop ntawm Canterbury, tuaj txog ntawm ntug dej hiav txwv ntawm Kent xyoo 597. Cov lus dab neeg muaj nws tias Pope Gregory the Great raug ntaus los ntawm kev zoo nkauj ntawm cov neeg qhev Askiv nws tau pom hauv kev ua lag luam qhev, yog li nws xaj Augustine, nrog ntau tus txiv plig, mus ua tub txib mus rau tebchaws Askiv kom hloov lub tebchaws no mus rau kev ntseeg Vajtswv. Vaj Ntxwv Ethelbert ntawm Kent tau sib yuav rau Frankish ntxhais fuabtais Berthe, uas twb yog ib tug ntseeg, thiab nyiam ntseeg Vajtswv. Raws li lwm qhov chaw, Vaj Ntxwv Ethelbert nws tus kheej nug Pope Gregory kom xa cov tub txib mus rau tebchaws Askiv. Augustine tau nce mus rau qib ntawm npis sov thiab txiav txim siab qhov chaw ntawm nws lub zwm txwv episcopal meej hauv Canterbury. Xyoo 602, Cathedral of Christ the Savior tau tsim.
Lub sijhawm tseem ceeb hauv keeb kwm ntawm Canterbury Cathedral yog kev tua pov tseg ntawm Archbishop Thomas Becket thaum Lub Kaum Ob Hlis 29, 1170. Nws tau teev ntuj, thiab cov neeg tuaj teev ntuj los ntawm thoob plaws tebchaws Askiv tau rub mus rau lub tsev teev ntuj. Qhov kev mus ncig no tau piav qhia los ntawm Jeffrey Chaucer hauv Canterbury Tales.
Hauv ib puas xyoo tom ntej no, lub tsev teev ntuj tau rov ua dua thiab rov tsim kho dua, tab sis ib feem ntawm cov nkauj hu nkauj thiab qee lub qhov rais nrog cov iav qhov rai tau dim ntawm lub xyoo pua 12th, thaum lub tuam tsev tau rov tsim dua tom qab hluav taws kub hnyiab ntawm 1174. Zoo li ntau lub tsev tsim vaj tsev zoo li nws, Canterbury Cathedral yog kev sib txuas ntawm cov qauv vaj huam sib luag sib txawv thiab kev hloov pauv. Qhov sib xyaw ntawm lub tsev yog qhov nyuaj heev: lub tsev teev ntuj muaj ntau chav thiab cov tsev teev ntuj txuas rau ib leeg thiab ib puag ncig los ntawm cov tsev rau ntau lub hom phiaj.
Qhov qub tshaj plaws ntawm lub tsev teev ntuj - sab hnub tuaj - khaws cov yam ntxwv ntawm Romanesque architecture, thiab nruab nrab nave tau tsim nyob rau xyoo lig 14th - thaum ntxov xyoo pua 15th. Tus kws kes duab vajtse William Askiv tau tsim lub Tsev Teev Ntuj Dawb Huv Trinity zoo nkauj, uas nyob hauv tsev Thomas Becket tus mob qog noj ntshav. Lub tsev teev ntuj muaj ntau qhov zoo nkauj zoo nkauj iav qhov rais, qhov ntxov tshaj plaws uas yog hnub rov qab mus rau 1176. Lub qhov rais iav qhov xim piav qhia ob qho tib si hauv phau npaiv npaum thiab cov xwm txheej ntawm lub neej niaj hnub thiab lub ntsej muag ntawm tib neeg tiag.
Tom qab ntawd, tus yees ntawm lub tsev teev ntuj tau tsim, nrog rau sab qaum teb pej thuam tau ua tiav tsuas yog xyoo 1832. Lub hauv paus pej thuam tau cuam tshuam los ntawm Fabkis txoj kev, tab sis lub qhov rai loj nyob nruab nrab ntawm tus yees yog piv txwv ntawm cov lus Askiv zoo. Ntawm thaj chaw ntawm lub tsev teev ntuj muaj cov vaj zoo nkauj heev nrog rau kev sau qoob loo zoo.