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.