Thomas Becket Warrior, Priest, Rebel

Name: Thomas Becket Warrior, Priest, Rebel
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ISBN: 9781400069071

ISBN-10: 1400069076

ISBN-13: 9781400069071

Edition: 2011

Authors: John Guy

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A NINE-HUNDRED-YEAR-OLD STORY, RETOLD John Guy’s thrilling new biography of Thomas Becket reintroduces readers to one of the most subversive figures in English history—the man who sought to reform a nation, dared to defy his king, and laid down his life to defend his sacred honor. Becket’s life story has been often told but never so vividly rendered. The son of middle-class Norman parents, he rose against all odds to become the second most powerful man in England. As King Henry II’s chancellor, Becket charmed potentates and popes, tamed overmighty barons, and even personally led knights into battle. After his royal patron elevated him to archbishop of Canterbury in 1162, however, Becket…

Book details

List price: $41.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Random House of Canada
Publication date: 7/3/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 448
Size: 6.50" wide x 10.00" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English



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Genealogical Table


The Normans and Angevins


Maps Angevin and Capetian Territories, c. 1160


Thomas Becket In Exile, 1164-1170


Prologue



Ancestry



Upbringing



Politics



Paris



A Fresh Start



Apprentice



Into The Limelight



Arrival At Court



Royal Minister



Bureaucrat And Judge



Warrior



A Solitary Man



Render Unto Caesar



Archbishop



A Broken Relationship



Conversion



The Clash



Clarendon



Northampton



Exile



Attack and Counterattack



Search for a Settlement



The Case Against Becket



Cat and Mouse



A Trial of Strength



Return to Canterbury



Murder in the Cathedral



Aftermath



Martyr


Acknowledgments



An Early Becket Biographers' Who's Who



Note on Primary Sources


Notes and References


Illustration Credits


Index