BBC3 个月
Who was Thomas Becket and why did he clash with the king?
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 ...
BBC3 个月
Has Thomas Becket's treasured 'little book' been found?
More has been written about Thomas Becket, the archbishop hacked to death in Canterbury Cathedral exactly 850 years ago, than any other non-royal English person of the Middle Ages. And yet it ...
BBC4 年
Thomas Becket: Alpine ice sheds light on medieval murder
The pollution also sheds light on a notorious murder of the medieval era; the killing of Thomas Becket. European team to drill for 'oldest ice' Becket bone back in UK after 800 years Climate ...