First modern study devoted to one of the twelfth-century's most enigmatic, influential and fascinating figures.

T. S. Eliot's most famous drama, a retelling of the murder of the archbishop of Canterbury Murder in the Cathedral, written for the Canterbury Festival in 1935,

"This book describes the roots of a set of ideals that effected a radical transformation of eleventh-century European society that led to the confrontation betw

Through the eye-witness and contemporary biographical accounts, this book provides valuable insight into the late-12th century world. The extracts, many previou