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Title:
Thomas Becket : warrior, priest, rebel : a nine-hundred-year-old story retold / John Guy.
Author:
Guy, John, 1952 Nov. 17-
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Publication Information:
New York : Random House, ©2012.
Call Number:
DA209 .T4 G89 2012
Abstract:
Drawing on the full panoply of medieval sources, Guy sheds new light on the relationship between Saint Thomas à Becket and England's greatest medieval king, Henry II, separating truth from centuries of mythmaking, and casting doubt on the long-held assumption that the headstrong rivals were once close friends. He also provides the fullest accounting yet for Becket's seemingly radical transformation from worldly bureaucrat to devout man of God.
Edition:
1st U.S. ed.
ISBN:
9781400069071

9780679603412
Physical Description:
xxii, 424 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm.
Contents:
Ancestry -- Upbringing -- Politics -- Paris -- A fresh start -- Apprentice -- Into the limelight -- Arrival at court -- Royal minister -- Bureaucrat and judge -- Warrior -- A solitary man -- Render unto Caesar -- Archbishop -- A broken relationship -- Conversion -- The clash -- Clarendon -- Northampton -- Exile -- Attack and counter-attack -- Search for a settlement -- The case against Becket -- Cat and mouse -- A trial of strength -- Return to Canterbury -- Murder in the cathedral -- Aftermath -- Martyr.
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