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Thomas Becket
Language: en
Pages: 448
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 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
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
Thomas Becket
Language: en
Pages: 374
Authors: Frank Barlow
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 1986 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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A new interpretation of the Protestant Reformation provides an alternate perspective on the faith's core idea about individuals having direct access to God with