London in the Age of Becket: the 12th Century Thames
Channel: Recording Archaeology
Date: 2020-07-19

Next year (2020) sees the 850th anniversary of the death of St Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury who was famously murdered in the north transept of the Cathedral on the 29th December AD1170 by knights loyal to the king, Henry II.  Becket was born in Cheapside and raised in London, and this short talk will look at the city that Becket would have known during his lifetime, and it’s development into the 13th century, in the years after his martyrdom.  

Nathalie Cohen 

Thames Discovery Programme
Foreshore Forum 2019