The Archbishop, Thomas Becket, was on the fourth step beyond the central pillar ascending into the choir when the Knights came in. The outline of his figure may have been just visible to them, if ...

Thomas a Becket murdered – Dec. 29, 1170 This week marks the anniversary of when Archbishop Thomas a Becket was brutally murdered by four knights in the sanctuary of Canterbury Cathedral in England.

Both Murder in the Cathedral and Becket remain fresh and vibrant. They feel like works for our times, and that may be because they are in fact works for all times.

More than 850 years ago, on December 29, 1170, Sir Thomas Becket was brutally murdered. The former Archbishop of Canterbury had initially been a close friend of Henry II, but their relationship ...

Thomas Becket was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral Credit: Alamy. But Becket restyled himself as a serious cleric when Henry made him Archbishop of Canterbury after Theobald died in 1161.

This means that some of the windows may have overlooked the murder scene of Thomas Becket, the archbishop of Canterbury who was slain at the cathedral's altar by soldiers loyal to Henry II in 1170.

Thomas Becket was Archbishop of Canterbury, the most important bishop in England. In 1170, he was brutally murdered in Canterbury Cathedral. Historians have long debated whether his murder was on ...

In December 1170, Thomas Becket, the archbishop of Canterbury, was murdered on the orders of King Henry II of England, his former friend. The killing was supposed to put an end to disputes over ...

The tomb stone for Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral. Becket's friends and allies wrote passionate accounts of his life (and death) and, by 1173, the low-born clerk from Cheapside was made a ...

“Thomas Becket: Murder and the Making of a Saint” charts more than 500 years of history, from Thomas Becket’s remarkable rise from humble origins to become the archbishop of Canterbury, ...