The quest for Becket's bones : the mystery of the relics of St Thomas Becket of Canterbury / John Butler
1995, 1st edition. New Haven : Yale University Press. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #411040
ISBN: 0300061153
Physical description; xii, 180 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-175) and index. Contents; In life & in death -- The skeleton in the crypt -- Believers, agnostics & sceptics -- Debating the bones -- Archiepiscopal intervention -- The grave revisited -- Burned or buried? -- Five hypotheses -- A mystery. Subjects; Thomas à Becket, Saint 1118?-1170 Tomb. Becket, Thomas Saint 1118?-1170. Thomas à Becket, Saint 1118?-1170 Death and burial. Canterbury Cathedral History. Canterbury Cathedral. Christian saints England Canterbury. Relics England Canterbury History. Saints England Canterbury. Christian saints. Christian saints England Canterbury. Relics England Canterbury History. Christian saints England Canterbury. Relics England Canterbury History. Civilization, Medieval 12th century. Kent (England) Church history Middle Ages, 600-1500. England Church history Middle Ages, 600-1500. England Canterbury.
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