Event Cancelled: Commemorating a Saint: 800 Years After St. Thomas Becket

Posted on 2020-03-03 in Events
Mar 18, 2020



Literature Matters

Commemorating a Saint:
800 Years After St. Thomas Becket

by Tristan Taylor

Wed March 18

7:30 pm

Social Hall, Grace-Westminster United Church
505-10th Street East

Everyone welcome.

From the twelfth to the twenty-first century, Thomas Becket has become a symbol employed by politicians and artists alike to reject tyranny. In honour of the Becket 2020 celebrations, this lecture will explore the diverse representations of Thomas through literature and art that keep drawing in audiences from all periods.