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Thomas Saga Erkibyskups - A Life of Archbishop Thomas Becket in Icelandic (Paperback)
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Thomas Saga Erkibyskups - A Life of Archbishop Thomas Becket in Icelandic (Paperback)
Series: Thomas Saga Erkibyskups 2 Volume Set, Volume 1
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This Old Norse text and English translation, prepared by the
librarian and scholar Eirikr Magnusson (1833-1913) and published in
two volumes between 1875 and 1883, remains the standard edition of
the 'Saga of Archbishop Thomas'. Composed in Iceland in the early
fourteenth century, it narrates the life, death and miracles of
Thomas Becket, based on earlier Latin and Old French traditions.
Embedded in the saga is a lost Latin life by Robert of Cricklade,
written soon after Becket's murder in 1170, which contains some
unique details: for example, that he had a stammer. The saga is
valuable not only as evidence for Becket's life, but as an insight
into the development of his saintly cult in Iceland. Volume 1
contains the account of Thomas's childhood, his life as chancellor
and archbishop, his conflict with the king and his murder at
Canterbury.
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