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Thomas Becket : Höfling und Heiliger.
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ISBN: 3788101555 9783788101558 Year: 2004 Volume: 64 Publisher: Göttingen Schmidt


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Instruction for a ruler : (De principis instructione)
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ISBN: 9780198738626 0198738625 Year: 2018 Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press,

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"Gerald of Wales was an ecclesiastic, a servant and critic of the Angevin kings, and a prolific and vitriolic writer. Born in Pembrokeshire of mixed Norman and Welsh blood in the middle years of the twelfth century, he was appointed archdeacon of Brecon in 1175, but that was the highest office he attained, despite his indefatigable efforts in the years 1198-1203 to become not merely bishop, but archbishop, of St Davids. His death was reported in 1223. His Instruction for a Ruler (De principis instructione) is of interest for three main reasons: it provides a detailed and violently partisan account of the last days of Henry II of England; it is full of miscellaneous but valuable stories and anecdotes (such as the account of the discovery of the tomb of Arthur and Guinevere, and the legend of the destruction of the Picts); and it is a monument to the literary culture of a highly educated writer at the heart of the twelfth-century Renaissance."--


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The cult of Thomas Becket : history and historiography through eight centuries
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ISBN: 9781138103283 9781315102870 1315102870 9781351593397 1351593390 9781351593380 1351593382 9781351593373 1351593374 1138103284 Year: 2019 Publisher: London Routledge

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"On 29 December, 1170, Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, was brutally murdered in his own cathedral. News of the event was rapidly disseminated throughout Europe, generating a widespread cult which endured until the reign of Henry VIII in the sixteenth century, and engendering a fascination which has lasted until the present day. The Cult of Thomas Becket: History and Historiography through Eight Centuries contributes to the lengthy debate surrounding the saint by providing a historiographical analysis of the major themes in Becket scholarship, tracing the development of Becket studies from the writings of the twelfth-century biographers to those of scholars of the twenty-first century. The book offers a thorough commentary and analysis which demonstrates how the Canterbury martyr was viewed by writers of previous generations as well as our own, showing how they were influenced by the intellectual trends and political concerns of their eras, and indicating how perceptions of Thomas Becket have changed over time. In addition, several chapters are devoted a discussion of artworks in various media devoted to the saint, as well as liturgies and sermons composed in his honor. Combining a wide historical scope with detailed textual analysis, this book will be of great interest to scholars of medieval religious history, art history, liturgy, sanctity and hagiography."--Provided by publisher.


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La vie de Saint Thomas de Canterbury
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ISBN: 9042911883 2877236676 9042912022 2877236741 9789042911888 9789042912021 9782877236676 Year: 2002 Volume: 15-16 Publisher: Louvain Peeters

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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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