| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
xxii, 424 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), genealogical table, plan ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [365]-401) and index. |
| 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 counterattack -- Search for a settlement -- The case against Becket -- Cat and mouse -- A trial of strength -- Return to Canterbury -- Murder in the cathedral -- Aftermath -- Martyr. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Thomas, à Becket, Saint, 1118?-1170.
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Great Britain -- History -- Henry II, 1154-1189 -- Biography.
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Christian martyrs -- England -- Biography.
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Christian saints -- England -- Biography.
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Statesmen -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9781400069071 alkaline paper 35.00 |
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1400069076 alkaline paper |
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