Thomas Becket

English Saint and Martyr

• Author(s): David Hilliam,
• Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
• Pages: 112
• ISBN_10: 1404201653
  ISBN_13: 9781404201651
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction / General ,

Description:... The story of Thomas Becket is one of the most powerful dramas of the Middle Ages. This informative book discusses the struggle for power between church and state in twelfth-century England. Fought by two warring factions—that of King Henry II of England and that of Thomas, archbishop of Canterbury—it was a struggle that ultimately ended in the death of the beloved Thomas. With stunningly illustrated text, the author provides the rich details of Thomas’s life during these tumultuous times.