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Thomas Becket
Language: en
Pages: 449
Authors: John Guy
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-07-03 - Publisher: Random House

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A revisionist new biography reintroducing readers to one of the most subversive figures in English history—the man who sought to reform a nation, dared to def
The Lives of Thomas Becket
Language: en
Pages: 276
Authors: Michael Staunton
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-12-07 - Publisher: Manchester University Press

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Through the eye-witness and contemporary biographical accounts, this book provides valuable insight into the late-12th century world. The extracts, many previou
The Chasuble of Thomas Becket
Language: en
Pages: 316
Authors: Avinoam Shalem
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017 - Publisher:

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The so-called chasuble of Thomas Becket (1118?1170) is one of the most magnificent medieval textiles in the Mediterranean region. Richly decorated with ornament
The Cult of St Thomas Becket in the Plantagenet World, C.1170-c.1220
Language: en
Pages: 272
Authors: Paul Webster (Medievalist)
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016 - Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

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The extraordinary growth and development of the cult of St Thomas Becket is investigated here, with a particular focus on its material culture. Thomas Becket -
The Cult of Thomas Becket
Language: en
Pages: 347
Authors: Kay Brainerd Slocum
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-10-26 - Publisher: Routledge

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On 29 December, 1170, Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, was brutally murdered in his own cathedral. News of the event was rapidly disseminated throughout