The first glimpse audiences have of Marta Becket is that of the 81-year-old entertainer walking onstage wearing a black dress with a red feather boa. With her face painted, her eyes intense and her ...

The 12th-century martyrdom of St. Thomas Becket is one of those grisly chapters of history seemingly plucked from the script of a gore-laden HBO show. Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, was cut ...

THE assassination of Thomas Becket is known as one of the famous, shocking, and violent murders in history. But just what happened between Becket and King Henry II to lead to the then Archbishop of ...

St. Thomas Becket (1118-1170) is well-known for his martyrdom in Canterbury Cathedral, defending religious liberty in England from the designs of his former friend, King Henry II Plantagenet. But ...

Relics from the centuries-old crime scene will go on show at the British Museum’s first major exhibition about the medieval martyr For centuries it was the world’s most notorious state-sanctioned ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2005 file photo, surrounded by a mural depicting 16th century Spain, audience members wait in the Amargosa ...

A bloodstained tunic belonging to Thomas Becket is to be returned to Britain from the Vatican to help mark the 850th anniversary of the murder of the former archbishop of Canterbury and the 800th ...

British legend Peter O’Toole, 74, was nominated last week for an Oscar for best actor for his endearing performance in “Venus,” as an aging thespian who finds himself smitten with the free-spirited ...