Beschreibung:
The extraordinary growth and development of the cult of St Thomas Becket is investigated here, with a particular focus on its material culture.
Introduction. The Cult of St Thomas Becket: An Historiographical Pilgrimage - Paul WebsterBecket is Dead! Long Live St Thomas - Anne J. DugganThe Cult of St Thomas in the Liturgy and Iconography of Christ Church, Canterbury - Marie-Pierre GelinThomas Becket and Leprosy in Normandy - Elma BrennerThomas Becket in the Chronicles - Michael StauntonMatilda, Duchess of Saxony (1168-89) and the Cult of Thomas Becket: A Legacy of Appropriation - Colette BowieLeonor Plantagenet and the Cult of Thomas Becket in Castile - José Manuel CerdaCrown versus Church after Becket: King John, St Thomas, and the Interdict - Paul WebsterThe St Thomas Becket Windows at Angers and Coutances: Devotion, Subversion, and the Scottish Connection - Alyce A. Jordan