The story of St. Thomas Becket’s life and death have inspired countless biographies, plays, and other works of art. Perhaps most famously, the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (1342—1400 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — The White House on Tuesday issued a proclamation praising St. Thomas Becket, an English archbishop who was martyred 850 years ago after conflict with King Henry II over the rights ...

Legend has it, St Thomas Becket Church came into being in Fairfield, Romney Marsh, during the 12th century after the then Archbishop of Canterbury fell into one of the many ditches and prayed for ...

Royal justice was unable to prosecute the clergy. Henry appointed Thomas Becket as Archbishop of Canterbury in an attempt the get the church to conform and submit to his authority. Harry Potter ...