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Thomas Becket - the archbishop of Canterbury cut down in his own cathedral just after Christmas 1170 - stands amongst the most renowned royal ministers, churchmen, and saints of the Middle Ages. He inspired the work of medieval writers and artists, and remains a compelling subject for historians today. Yet many of the political, religious, and cultural repercussions of his murder and subsequent canonisation remain to be explored in detail.
This book examines the development of the cult and the impact of the legacy of Saint Thomas within the Plantagenet orbit of the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries - the "Empire" assembled by King Henry II, defended by his son King Richard the Lionheart, and lost by King John. Traditional textual and archival sources, such as miracle collections, charters, and royal and papal letters, are used in conjunction with the material culture inspired by the cult, to emphasise the wide-ranging impact of the murder and of the cult's emergence in the century following the martyrdom. From the archiepiscopal church at Canterbury, to writers and religious houses across the Plantagenet lands, to the courts of Henry II, his children, and the bishops of the Angevin world, individuals and communities adapted and responded to one of the most extraordinary religious phenomena of the age.

Dr Paul Webster is currently Lecturer in Medieval History and Project Manager of the Exploring the Past adult learners progression pathway at Cardiff University; Dr Marie-Pierre Gelin is a Teaching Fellow in the History Department at University College London.

Contributors: Colette Bowie, Elma Brenner, José Manuel Cerda, Anne J. Duggan, Marie-Pierre Gelin, Alyce A. Jordan, Michael Staunton, Paul Webster.

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Les qualités d'historien qu'on reconnaît à Guernes de Pont-Sainte-Maxence méritaient qu'on se penchât avec attention et minutie sur la seule oeuvre qu'on lui connaisse, surtout qu'elle n'est pas toujours d'un abord facile. Elle porte d'ailleurs sur un personnage de tout premier plan, et qui a inspiré plus d'un écrivain moderne: Thomas Becket. Parue en 1922, l'édition Walberg, pourtant réputée excellente et certes non dénuée de mérites ni d'intérêt, appelait en priorité une sérieuse remise à jour du texte. Tout a été contrôlé aux sources, souvent remis en conformité avec elles, émendé plus d'une fois différemment s'il le fallait, et ponctué de neuf. Une traduction s'imposait pratiquement; ce fut d'ailleurs le mobile du présent travail. Et elle est demeurée opportune malgré celles qui ont été publiées entre-temps, car elle se distingue des autres par des différences parfois importantes et par l'abondance des justifications, explications ou éléments de discussion fournis dans les notes, qui occupent la majeure partie du tome II. La consultation et la recherche y seront facilitées par une série de tables, consacrées respectivement aux rimes, aux références bibliques, aux proverbes et sentences, à l'intertextualité, aux noms propres, et à un index lexicologique et grammatical de près de 1500 entrées

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