Thomas Becket: murder and the making of a saint
Author:   Lloyd de Beer ,  Naomi Speakman
Publisher:   British Museum Press
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9780714128382


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   22 April 2021
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Lloyd de Beer ,  Naomi Speakman
Publisher:   British Museum Press
Imprint:   British Museum Press
Weight:   1.410kg
ISBN:  

9780714128382


ISBN 10:   0714128384
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   22 April 2021
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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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

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""...explores more than 400 years of history, drawing together objects from the British Museum's extraordinary collection and 22 lenders from the UK and Europe.""-- ""Minerva Magazine""


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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.

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