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

By: Publication details: New York : Random House, c2012.Edition: 1st U.S. edDescription: xxii, 424 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781400069071 (alk. paper)
  • 9780679603412 (ebook)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 942.03/1092 B 23
LOC classification:
  • DA209.T4 G89 2012
Contents:
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 counter-attack -- Search for a settlement -- The case against Becket -- Cat and mouse -- A trial of strength -- Return to Canterbury -- Murder in the cathedral -- Aftermath -- Martyr.

Includes bibliographical references 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 counter-attack -- Search for a settlement -- The case against Becket -- Cat and mouse -- A trial of strength -- Return to Canterbury -- Murder in the cathedral -- Aftermath -- Martyr.

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