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The Cult of St Thomas Becket in the Plantagenet World, C.1170-c.1220
Language: en
Pages: 272
Authors: Paul Webster (Medievalist)
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016 - Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

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The extraordinary growth and development of the cult of St Thomas Becket is investigated here, with a particular focus on its material culture. Thomas Becket -
The Cult of Thomas Becket
Language: en
Pages: 347
Authors: Kay Brainerd Slocum
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-10-26 - Publisher: Routledge

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On 29 December, 1170, Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, was brutally murdered in his own cathedral. News of the event was rapidly disseminated throughout
Thomas Becket
Language: en
Pages: 449
Authors: John Guy
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-07-03 - Publisher: Random House

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A revisionist new biography reintroducing readers to one of the most subversive figures in English history—the man who sought to reform a nation, dared to def
The Chasuble of Thomas Becket
Language: en
Pages: 316
Authors: Avinoam Shalem
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017 - Publisher:

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The so-called chasuble of Thomas Becket (1118?1170) is one of the most magnificent medieval textiles in the Mediterranean region. Richly decorated with ornament
The Book in the Cathedral
Language: en
Pages: 69
Authors: Christopher de Hamel
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-08-06 - Publisher: Penguin UK

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From the bestselling author of Meetings With Remarkable Manuscripts, a captivating account of the last surviving relic of Thomas Becket The assassination of Tho