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Title: The Lives of Thomas Becket
Condition: New
Author: Michael Staunton
Contributor: Michael Staunton (Edited by)
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0719054559
EAN: 9780719054556
ISBN: 9780719054556
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Genre: Biography
Topic: History
Release Date: 09/08/2001
Description: This collection tells the story of Thomas Becket's turbulent life, violent death and extraordinary posthumous acclaim in the words of his contemporaries. The only modern collection from the twelfth-century Lives of Thomas Becket in English and features all his major biographers, including many previously untranslated extracts. Providing both a valuable glimpse of the late twelfth-century world, and an insight into the minds of those who witnessed the events. By using contemporary sources, this book is the most accessible way to study this central episode in medieval history. Thomas Becket features prominently in most medieval core courses. This book allows the subject to be taught as never before, and is highly suitable as a set text.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 216mm
Item Length: 138mm
Item Width: 15mm
Item Weight: 345g
Book Series: Manchester Medieval Sources
Release Year: 2001

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