Historical Memorials Of Canterbury: The Landing of Augustine; The Murder of Becket; Edward the Black Prince; Becket's Shrine

Arthur Penrhyn Stanley

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ISBN 10: 1108078729 ISBN 13: 9781108078726

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2022

Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (1815–81), later Dean of Westminster, was a canon of Canterbury when he published this work, consisting of four essays on the history of the cathedral, in 1854. It was reprinted almost immediately, and the 1855 printing is reissued here. Stanley described the work as 'an endeavour to connect topics of local interest with the general course of history', and he takes four events associated with Canterbury - the arrival of Augustine, the murder of Becket, the death of the Black Prince, and the development of the shrine of Becket - and puts them in a historical context, while also describing the locations in which scenes of historical importance were enacted, and including fascinating details from his literary sources, such as Becket's hair shirt, discovered after his murder to be alive with vermin. Other works by Dean Stanley, including his Historical Memorials of Westminster, are also reissued in this series.

Descrizione del libro:

Arthur Penrhyn Stanley was a canon of Canterbury when he published this work - four essays on the history of the cathedral - in 1855. Taking events associated with Canterbury, he puts them in a wider historical context, describing the locations in which they were enacted, and including fascinating details from literary sources.

Contenuti:

Introduction; 1. Landing of Augustine and conversion of Ethelbert; 2. Murder of Becket; 3. Edward the Black Prince; 4. The shrine of Becket.