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Thomas Becket 1118-1170

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On the occasion of the eighth centenary of the murder of Thomas Becket, Professor David Knowles considers the quarrel between the king and the archbishop, and asks who was to blame and whether a less violent solution to the dispute could have been found?
David Knowles is Regius Professor Emeritus of Modern History in the University of Cambridge.

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Professor David Knowles
Source: Radio Times

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