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Language: en
Pages: 272
Authors: Paul Webster
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016 - Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

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The extraordinary growth and development of the cult of St Thomas Becket is investigated here, with a particular focus on its material culture.
The Cult of Thomas Becket
Language: en
Pages: 347
Authors: Kay Brainerd Slocum
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-10-26 - Publisher: Routledge

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On 29 December, 1170, Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, was brutally murdered in his own cathedral. News of the event was rapidly disseminated throughout
Crypt
Language: en
Pages: 219
Authors: Alice Roberts
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2024-02-29 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

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The new book by Sunday Times bestselling author of Ancestors and Buried - the final instalment in Professor Alice Roberts' acclaimed trilogy. We can unlock secr
The Cult of Saint George in Medieval England
Language: en
Pages: 231
Authors: Jonathan Good
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009 - Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

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How St. George became the patron saint of England has always been a subject of speculation. He was not English, nor was his principal shrine there - the usual c
The Cult of St Edmund in Medieval East Anglia
Language: en
Pages: 294
Authors: Rebecca Pinner
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015 - Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

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An investigaton of the growth and influence of the cult of St Edmund, and how it manifested itself in medieval material culture.