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Steve Flanders, BA, MA, PhD

Fee £50.00 (concession rate £40.00) - fee will amend when you select the appropriate fee rate below.

Autumn 2025

5 weekly sessions on Wednesdays 10.00 am to 12.00 noon, starting 29 October

'Everyone knows that Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury, was murdered near the high altar of his cathedral by four knights from the royal court of King Henry II. But his extraordinary martyrdom was the culmination of a lengthy career in royal service and many years of close friendship with the king. Yet, once ordained archbishop, that career and friendship were shattered by a series of disputes between England’s most senior cleric and the first Plantagenet king. By exploring Thomas’s life and relationships this short course will follow the long and twisting path which led to such a brutal act in Christ Church, Canterbury, and why the archbishop’s ultimate bloody demise became all but inevitable.'

This is a live online course

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