Saving our Order: Thomas Becket, Henry II, and the Law of Church and State

To be delivered via zoom on Thursday 10 December 2020 at 5.30 pm GMT. Admission to the lecture is free of charge but registration is required in advance. Register here and a code will be emailed to you allowing entry to the lecture.

A public lecture to mark the 850th anniversary of the murder of Saint Thomas of Canterbury. Thomas Becket, saint and martyr, was the 39th Archbishop of Canterbury, serving from 1162 to 29 December 1170 when he was brutally murdered in his cathedral by knights loyal to King Henry II. His death sent shockwaves through medieval Europe which continue to resonate in the present day.

Lord Williams of Oystermouth, theologian and poet, was the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury, serving from 2002 to 2012. He subsequently sat as a cross-bench peer in the House of Lords, and was Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge until his retirement from both in the summer of 2020.

The Ecclesiastical Law Society, in association with Villanova University, Notre Dame University, and the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury extend a warm invitation to this special lecture.