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We ask four historians to consider the reputation of Henry II’s Archbishop of Canterbury, who was murdered 850 years ago this month.
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Love Sick
‘Crazy Jane’ was ubiquitous in the late 18th century, the archetypal figure of those driven mad by disappointed love.
Father Figure
A 17th-century depiction of Joseph and Jesus marks a shift in the status of the nuclear family.
Was Thomas Becket a Saint or an Arrogant Troublemaker?
We ask four historians to consider the reputation of Henry II’s Archbishop of Canterbury, who was murdered 850 years ago this month.
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Volume 70 Issue 12 December 2020
In the December issue:
The Goths take Rome, ‘Doc’ Susan Anderson, The White Ship, A Queen on Trial, Edward the Confessor.
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