The bear, lily, rose and crown
May 20, 2020
2 minutes
Illustration by Amy Jeffs
‘Witnesses knew that Becket’s murder would cause shockwaves and they were not wrong. By 1173, he had been canonised a saint’
THEN the third knight inflicted a terrible wound as he lay, by which the sword was broken against the pavement, and the crown… was separated from the
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