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Thomas Becket

[Paperback]

by Frank Barlow

    • Author

      Frank Barlow

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      University of California Press

    • Published

      August 1990

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      Thomas Becket

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      On 29 December 1170, Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury was brutally murdered in his cathedral by four knights from the household of his former friend and patron, King Henry II. The horror that the killing inspired and the miraculous cures performed at Thomas's tomb transfigured him into one of the most popular saints in Western Christendom, and Canterbury became one of the greatest pilgrim shrines in the West. Yet these were unexpected results. Thomas's extraordinary career had been, and remains, controversial. The transformation of a handsome, attractive, and worldly courtier into a zealous prelate, a bitter exile and finally a martyr was for many hard to understand. In this brilliant new biography, based on the original sources and informed by the most recent scholarship, Frank Barlow reconstructs Thomas's physical environment and entourage at various stages of his career, exploring the nuances and irregularities in the story that have been ignored in other studies.

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      • Author

        Frank Barlow

      • Book Format

        Paperback

      • Publisher

        University of California Press

      • Published

        August 1990

      • Edition

        Reprinted edition

      • Weight

        523g

      • Page Count

        384

      • Dimensions

        157 x 234 x 19 mm

      • ISBN

        9780520071759

      • ISBN-10

        0520071751

      • Eden Code

        4049463

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      • Author/Creator: Frank Barlow

      • ISBN: 9780520071759

      • Publisher: University of California Press

      • Release Date: August 1990

      • Weight: 523g

      • Dimensions: 157 x 234 x 19 mm

      • Eden Code: 4049463


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