Thomas Becket :warrior, priest, rebel : a 900 year old story retold /John Guy.
Description
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.
xxii, 424 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :illustrations (some color), genealogical table, maps ;25 cm
Book Details
Author
Guy, John,1952 November 17-
Place Published
City
New York
Publication Subjects
Christian martyrs--England--Biography.
Christian saints--England--Biography.
Statesmen--Great Britain--Biography.
Thomas,{grave}a Becket, Saint,1118?-1170.
Call No.
DA2093T4G89 2012
ISBN
9781400069071, 1400069076
LCCN
2011042794
Notes
Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-401) and index.
Carrier type: volumencrdacarrier
Media type: unmediatednrdamedia
Date: [2012]
Publication Info: {copy}2012