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The Lives of Thomas Becket

The Lives of Thomas Becket PDF Author: Michael Staunton
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719054556
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 276

Book Description
Through the eye-witness and contemporary biographical accounts, this book provides valuable insight into the late-12th century world. The extracts, many previously untranslated, expose one of the most controversial figures of the Middle Ages. Written as the shock of Becket's murder in 1170 reverberated around Europe, the accounts provide vivid testimony to the most dramatic events of his life. They show how he became champion of the church and enemy of the king, fled into exile to lead a life of asceticism and political agitation, and returned to face martyrdom before the altar of his own cathedral.
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