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Thomas Becket, Defender of Religious Privilege

Posted on June 4, 2016 by Andrew Stuttaford

Accompanied by somewhat morbid spectacle, a fragment of the elbow (!)  of Thomas Becket  (1118-70), an Archbishop of Canterbury who came to a rather sticky end, has been briefly returned to England. The BBC reports: A bone believed to be … Continue reading →

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