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This event is in the past.It took place on April 14, 2026 at Collège des Bernardins.

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Pause-déjeuner: Thomas Becket

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Spend your lunch hour unraveling the most infamous murder of the Middle Ages. In the soaring 13th-century halls of Collège des Bernardins, historian Catherine Vincent dissects how Henry II's knights turned Archbishop Thomas Becket into a martyr and why Canterbury became Christendom's hottest pilgrimage destination.

Lunchtime history talk
Medieval martyrdom story
Expert historian speaker
Church-state conflict

Tips

🎓Catherine Vincent is President of the French Society of Religious History
⏱️Exactly one hour — 12:45 to 1:45 PM
📖Henry VIII later destroyed Becket's shrine and banned his cult

Collège des Bernardins

20 Rue de Poissy, 75005 Paris, France

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