Anne J. Duggan
Ashgate
Hardback
368
2007
Thomas Becket's life was lived on a European stage his cause was conducted in a European setting and the cult of the new martyr spread with extraordinary rapidity to the furthest reaches of Latin Christendom before the end of the twelfth century. Based on the critical examination of manuscripts and texts this collection focuses first on the papal curia and Becket's household in exile. Studies deal with Becket's letters and their authorship and trace the explosion of Becket's cult the transmission of hagiographical and liturgical texts to France Germany and Portugal and the role of diverse agencies of dissemination.
Ashgate
Hardback
368
2007
Thomas Becket's life was lived on a European stage his cause was conducted in a European setting and the cult of the new martyr spread with extraordinary rapidity to the furthest reaches of Latin Christendom before the end of the twelfth century. Based on the critical examination of manuscripts and texts this collection focuses first on the papal curia and Becket's household in exile. Studies deal with Becket's letters and their authorship and trace the explosion of Becket's cult the transmission of hagiographical and liturgical texts to France Germany and Portugal and the role of diverse agencies of dissemination.