Thomas Becket (Reputations)

About this book

The allure behind the mysterious figure of Thomas Becket has remained enduring: he was the centerpiece of Chaucers Canterbury Tales; and in our own time he has resonated with T.S. Eliot Jean Anouilh and even Hollywood. The construction and deconstruction of Beckets reputation is central to this provocative new study which investigates whether the popular conception of Becket is a result of valid assessments of the man and his cause or a product of a carefully constructed myth.