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Thomas Becket : warrior, priest, rebel : a nine-hundred-year-old story, retold / John Guy.

by Guy, John, 1952 Nov. 17-

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Random House, c2012.

Thomas, à Becket, Saint, 1118?-1170.

Christian martyrs -- England -- Biography.

Christian saints -- England -- Biography.

Statesmen -- Great Britain -- Biography.

Great Britain -- History -- Henry II, 1154-1189 -- Biography.

9781400069071 (alk. paper)

1400069076 (alk. paper)

9780670918461 (hbk.)

0670918466 (hbk.)

xxii, 424 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, plans, genealogical tables ; 25 cm.

Originally published: London : Viking.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-401) and index.

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.

Drawing on the full panoply of medieval sources, Guy sheds new light on the relationship between Saint Thomas à Becket and England's greatest medieval king, Henry II, separating truth from centuries of mythmaking, and casting doubt on the long-held assumption that the headstrong rivals were once close friends. He also provides the fullest accounting yet for Becket's seemingly radical transformation from worldly bureaucrat to devout man of God.

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