Thomas Saga Erkibyskups - A Life of Archbishop Thomas Becket in Icelandic (Paperback)

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 2 includes an extensive introduction to the text and its place in the tradition of Becket historiography, an account of St Thomas's miracles, several appendices of related texts, and an extensive glossary of words and phrases.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - Rolls, Volume 2
Release date:	November 2012
First published:	November 2012
Editors:	Eirikr Magnusson
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 47mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	842
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-04922-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Biography > Historical, political & military
LSN:	1-108-04922-2
Barcode:	9781108049221

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