TY - BOOK AB - Drawing on the full panoply of medieval sources, Guy sheds new light on the relationship between Saint Thomas à Becket and England's greatest medieval king, Henry II, separating truth from centuries of mythmaking, and casting doubt on the long-held assumption that the headstrong rivals were once close friends. He also provides the fullest accounting yet for Becket's seemingly radical transformation from worldly bureaucrat to devout man of God. AU - Guy, John, CN - DA209.T4 CN - DA209.T4 CY - New York : DA - c2012. ET - 1st U.S. ed. ID - 456487 KW - Christian martyrs KW - Christian saints KW - Statesmen N2 - Drawing on the full panoply of medieval sources, Guy sheds new light on the relationship between Saint Thomas à Becket and England's greatest medieval king, Henry II, separating truth from centuries of mythmaking, and casting doubt on the long-held assumption that the headstrong rivals were once close friends. He also provides the fullest accounting yet for Becket's seemingly radical transformation from worldly bureaucrat to devout man of God. PB - Random House, PP - New York : PY - c2012. SN - 9781400069071 (alk. paper) SN - 1400069076 (alk. paper) T1 - Thomas Becket :warrior, priest, rebel : a nine-hundred-year-old story retold / TI - Thomas Becket :warrior, priest, rebel : a nine-hundred-year-old story retold / ER -