Lloyd de Beer, Naomi Speakman

Thomas Becket

Murder and the Making of a Saint

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Marking the 850th anniversary of his dramatic murder, this major exhibition and book presents Becket's tumultuous journey from a London merchant's son to Archbishop, and from a revered saint in death to a 'traitor' in the eyes of Henry VIII over 350 years later.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: British Museum Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 223mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 1396g
• ISBN-13: 9780714128382
• ISBN-10: 0714128384
• Artikelnr.: 60746433

Autorenporträt

Lloyd de Beer is Ferguson Curator of Medieval Britain and Europe at the British Museum and co-curator of the exhibition Thomas Becket: murder and the making of a saint. Naomi Speakman is Curator of Late Medieval Europe at the British Museum and co-curator of the exhibition Thomas Becket: murder and the making of a saint.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The rise of Thomas Becket
2. The fall of Thomas Becket: exile, murder, canonisation
3. Reactions, rebellion and the death of a king
4. A shrine fit for a saint: Canterbury Cathedral transformed
5. Becket's shadow: England in the aftermath of the murder
6. 'From every shire's end': pilgrimage and devotion to St Thomas of
Canterbury
7. Becket and the Tudors: reformation and rebellion
Conclusion
Further reading
Credits
Index