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The Passion and Miracles of St Thomas Becket by Benedict of Peterborough
The first full English translation of one of the most important sources on Thomas Becket. Benedict of Peterborough's Passion and Miracles of St Thomas Becket puts the reader in Canterbury on the day of one of the most famous murders of all time, when four of King Henry II's knights killed the archbishop inside his cathedral on 29 December 1170. It reveals how a monk thrust into the role of chronicler attempted to understand the earliest cures at Thomas Becket's tomb and the rapid growth of his reputation as a miracle-worker. With its description of Becket's murder and some 275 miracles, all dating to 1171-1173, Benedict's text, which went on to circulate across Europe, is by far our most imp...
Gesta Regis Henrici Secundi Benedicti Abbatis: The Chronicle of the Reigns of Henry II. and Richard I. A.D. 1169-1192; Known Commonly Under the Name o
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