Anne J. Duggan

Thomas Becket: Friends, Networks, Texts and Cult (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Thomas Becket's life was lived on a European stage, his cause was conducted in a European setting, and the cult of the new martyr spread with extraordinary rapidity to the furthest reaches of Latin Christendom before the end of the twelfth century. Based on the critical examination of manuscripts and texts, this collection focuses first on the papa

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000945140
• Artikelnr.: 68084157

Autorenporträt

Anne J. Duggan is Professor Emerita of Medieval History at King's College London, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface; Part I Friends and Networks: Thomas Becket's Italian
network; John of Salisbury and Thomas Becket; The price of loyalty: the
fate of Thomas Becket's learned household. Part II Letters and Texts:
Classical quotations and allusions in the correspondence of Thomas Becket:
an investigation into their sources; Authorship and authenticity in the
Becket correspondence; The coronation of the young king in 1170; Diplomacy,
status and conscience: Henry II's penance for Becket's murder; Ne in
dubium. The official record of Henry II's reconciliation in Avranches, 21
May 1172. Part III Cult: The cult of St Thomas Becket in the 13th century;
Aspects of Anglo-Portuguese relations in the 12th century. Manuscripts,
relics, decretals and the cult of St Thomas Becket at Lorvão, Alcobaça
and Tomar; A Becket office at Stavelot: London, British Library additional
ms 16964; The Lorvão transcription of Benedict of Peterborough's Liber
miraculorum beati Thome: Lisbon, cod. Alcobaça ccxc/143; The Santa Cruz
transcription of Benedict of Peterborough's Liber miraculorum beat Thome:
Porto, BPM, cod. Santa Cruz 60; The Salem FitzStephen: Heidelberg
Universitÿts-Bibliothek cod. Salem ix.30; The Lyell version of the
Quadrilogus Life of St Thomas of Canterbury; Addenda and corrigenda; Index.