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Chaucer and Becket's mother : "The man of law's tale," conversion, and race in the Middle Ages /

Less than a hundred years after Thomas Becket's martyrdom at the hands of four of Henry II's knights, his Anglo-Norman mother was transformed into a pagan princess who abandoned faith and kin for Becket's father and Christianity. Pagès uses this wholly fictional legend about the sain...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pagès, Meriem (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leeds : Arc Humanities Press, 2023.
Colección:Medieval media cultures.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • Introduction DESIRE, ANXIETY, AND CONVERSION
  • Introduction DESIRE, ANXIETY, AND CONVERSION
  • Chapter 2 THOMAS BECKET'S MOTHER
  • Chapter 3 THE BECKET LEGEND, THE MAN OF LAW'S TALE, AND CONVERSION
  • Chapter 4 THE MAN OF LAW'S TALE IN CONTEXT
  • CONCLUSION
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX