The Correspondence of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1162-1170

The Correspondence of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1162-1170
ISBN-10
0198208928
ISBN-13
9780198208921
Category
Christian martyrs
Pages
988
Language
English
Published
2000
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Author
Saint Thomas

Description

This is a major new edition of the letters written and received between 1162 and 1170 by Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury and victim of the 'murder in the cathedral'. It takes the reader to the very heart of the great dispute that rocked the English kingdom in the twelfth century.

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