Thomas Becket

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pp. 334, b/w illustrations, “On 29 December 1170, Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury was brutally murdered in his cathedral by four knights from the household of his former friend and patron, King Henry II. The horror that the killing inspired and the miraculous cures performed at Thomas’s tomb transfigured him into one of the most popular saints in Western Christendom, and Canterbury became one of the greatest pilgrim shrines in the West.” paperback edition

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ISBN 0297791893
ISBN13 9780297791898
Number of pages 334
Original Title Thomas Becket
Published Date 1987
Book Condition Very Good
Jacket Condition No Dj
Binding Paperback
Size 8vo
Place of Publication London
Edition First edition
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pp. 334, b/w illustrations, “On 29 December 1170, Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury was brutally murdered in his cathedral by four knights from the household of his former friend and patron, King Henry II. The horror that the killing inspired and the miraculous cures performed at Thomas’s tomb transfigured him into one of the most popular saints in Western Christendom, and Canterbury became one of the greatest pilgrim shrines in the West.” paperback edition

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Weight 1 kg