Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK The Boydell Press (2006) HC Fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) 246pp. ISBN 1843832712.

ISBN10: 1843832712, ISBN13: 9781843832713, [publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd 2006-09-21, Woodbridge] Hardcover Language: ENG
[London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2006]

Woodbridge Boydell & Brewer Ltd 2006 Hard cover New in new dust jacket.

Boydell Press, Date: 2006. Hardcover. New. 246 pages. 7.25x8.25x0.50 inches. 2006. Boydell Press ISBN 1843832712 9781843832713 [GB]

ISBN10: 1843832712, ISBN13: 9781843832713, [publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd, Woodbridge] Hardcover Hardcover. Our major sources for the life and death of Thomas Becket are rigorously examined in this major new book.In the wake of his murder in December 1170, an extraordinarily large number of Lives of Thomas Becket were produced.They provide an invaluable witness to the life and death of Thomas and the dramatic events in which he was involved, but they are also works of great literary value, more complex and sophisticated than has been recognised. This book, the first to be devoted to the biographers and their works, consists of an examination the individual Lives,followed by an analysis of the biographers' treatment of the major themes in Thomas's life - conversion, conflict, trial, exile and martyrdom - in the light of contemporary hagiographical, historical and theological writing and canon law. It raises points of major significance for the study of intellectual and literary life in the central middle ages and provides an important reassessment of the Becket conflict and Thomas Becket himself.Dr MICHAEL STAUNTON is Lecturer in Medieval History, School of History and Archives, University College Dublin. Our major sources for the life and death of Thomas Becket are rigorously examined in this major new book. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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