Liturgies in honour of Thomas Becket / Kay Brainerd Slocum.

• Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Liturgical Images of Becket -- Methodology -- Becket's Biographers -- The Liturgies: Structure and Terminology -- PART ONE -- 1 Becket as Royal Chancellor -- 2 Becket as Archbishop of Canterbury -- Novus homo -- The Council of Clarendon -- 3 Becket in Exile -- Return to England -- 4 The Martyrdom -- 5 The Miracles -- The Water of St Thomas -- 6 The Development of the Cult of Becket -- Angevin Marriage Diplomacy and the Early Dissemination of the Cult -- The Cult of Thomas Becket in Europe and the Nordic Countries. 
• Summary -- PART TWO -- 7 Office for the Feast Day of St Thomas Becket, 29 December -- Commentary -- Studens livor -- Rhymed Office for the Feast of St Thomas Becket -- Office for St Thomas Becket in Sarum Breviary -- The Breviaries of Hereford Cathedral, York Cathedral, and Hyde Abbey -- 8 Office for the Translation of St Thomas Becket, 7 July -- Commentary -- Thomas's Tuesdays -- Rhymed Office for the Translation of St Thomas Becket -- Other Texts for the Translation of St Thomas Becket -- Translation Office in Sarum Breviary -- Translation Office in Hereford Breviary -- Conclusion -- Notes. 
• Bibliography -- General Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Index of Offices. 

• Martyred in 1170 when still the Archbishop of Canterbury, St. Thomas Becket was canonized only three years later, and became one of the most important religious figures in the history of the English church. In this work, Kay Slocum analyzes the image of Thomas Becket as presented in the liturgies composed in his honour, and examines these within the context of the political and social history of the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries. Through these liturgies, Thomas Becket is presented as 'novus homo', 'bonus pastor', a defender of the church, a martyr, a miracle worker, and a type of Christ. The first part of this book examines these images, and demonstrates how each is developed using material from Becket's contemporary biographers, and analyzing the historical and political context. The second half of this book presents musical transcriptions and English translations for two complete offices, one for Thomas Becket's feast day, and another for the commemoration of the translation of his remains. Drawing on literature, music, and liturgical texts, this interdisciplinary study illustrates how varied materials can be drawn together to enhance our understanding of medieval culture and society. 

Ämnesord

Liturgi  -- historia (sao)

Catholic Church -- Liturgy -- Texts. 

Christian saints -- England -- Biography. 

Electronic books. 

Thomas, -- à Becket, Saint, -- 1118?-1170 -- Songs and music. 

Personnamn

Becket, Thomas, helgon, 1118-1170

Institutionsnamn

Romersk-katolska kyrkan

Klassifikation

BX2167.B43 -- S56 2003eb (LCC)

264.02 (DDC)

Ckb.03 (kssb/8 (machine generated))