Was Thomas Becket a Saint or an Arrogant Troublemaker?
We ask four historians to consider the reputation of Henry II’s Archbishop of Canterbury, who was murdered 850 years ago this month.
‘Medieval sanctity was usually not equivalent to a life of cherubic sweetness’
Rachel Koopmans, Associate Professor of History, York University, Toronto
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