Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xxxviii, 578 pages)
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digital, PDF file(s)
ISBN:
9781139226202
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. Rolls
Content:
A scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge, who became canon of Canterbury in 1859, James Craigie Robertson (1813–82) edited for the Rolls Series this seven-volume work, published between 1875 and 1885. Superseding the earlier work of J. A. Giles, it is a collection of contemporary Latin lives and letters relating to the life of Thomas Becket (c.1120–70). Rising through the ranks to become royal chancellor and then archbishop of Canterbury, Becket fell dramatically out of favour with Henry II and, on his return from exile, was famously murdered in the cathedral church at Canterbury. Following his canonisation in 1173, his reputation grew considerably throughout western Christendom. Volume 1 comprises the collection of miracles, originally thought lost and therefore unpublished, compiled by William of Canterbury, who was present at the scene of Becket's murder
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781108049252
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781108049252
Language:
Latin
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781139226202
