Royal Britain Journal
Canterbury
 
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1.  What does the story of Thomas Beckett and Henry II reveal about church-state conflict in the Middle Ages?  Who seems to have "won"?

2.  How is Beckett's martydom represented in Canterbury Cathedral?  How does this compare with the commemoration of other religious and political figures in the cathedral?
 

Suggested Readings:

Amt, Emilie. The Accession of Henry II in England: Royal Government Restored,   1149-1159. Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK and Rochester, NY: Boydell Press, 1993.

Barlow, Frank. Thomas Becket. Berkeley: University of California Press, c. 1986.

Butler, John R. The Quest for Becket's Bones: The Mystery of the Relics of St Thomas
Becket of Canterbury. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1995.

Howlett, Richard, ed. Chronicles of the Reigns of Stephen, Henry II, and Richard I. Great Britain. Public Record Office. Rerum britannicarum medii ævi scriptores, no. 82. [Wiesbaden] Kraus Reprint, 1964.

Jones, Thomas Martin. The Becket Controversy, edited by Thomas M. Jones. New York: Wiley, 1970.

Knowles, David. Thomas Becket. London: A. & C. Black, c. 1970.

Knowles, David. Archbishop Thomas Becket: A Character Study. London [Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, 1970].

Pain, Nesta. The King and Becket. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1964.

Warren, W. L. (Wilfred Lewis). Henry II. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1973.

Winston, Richard. Thomas Becket. [1st ed.]. New York: Knopf, c. 1967.
 

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