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Title Canterbury : a medieval city / edited by Catherine Royer-Hemet
Published Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2010

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 230 pages) : illustrations
Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CANTERBURY; MONKS AMONG BARBARIANS; DUNSTAN; CANTERBURY; THE CITIZENS OF CANTERBURY AND THE CULT OF ST THOMAS BECKET; CANTERBURY; JUST WHY DID THEY GO TO CANTERBURY?; READING HISTORY IN ENAMEL; SAINTLY VIRTUE, CLERICAL VICE; THE EUROPEAN CONNECTION; HENRY EASTRY; THE NARRATIVE REPRESENTATION OF MEDIEVAL CANTERBURY IN C.L. GRACE'S A SHRINE OF MURDERS; CONTRIBUTORS
Summary Between the Celtic tribe of the Iron Age - the Cantiaci - and the twenty-first-century inhabitants of Canterbury, three millenia stand during which the city has been enjoying unparalleled fame, particularly since it became the religious heart of the country in 597 AD. While ambling through the streets of modern Canterbuy, one is able to - if careful enough to do so - get the feel of the medieval city. There must be reasons for that enduring impact of the past and it might be because of the ov ..
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Canterbury Cathedral -- History
SUBJECT Canterbury Cathedral fast
Subject Cities and towns, Medieval -- England -- Canterbury
Cities and towns, Medieval, in literature.
Humanities.
Medieval history.
History: specific events & topics.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
Cities and towns, Medieval
Cities and towns, Medieval, in literature
Regions & Countries - Europe.
History & Archaeology.
Great Britain.
SUBJECT Canterbury (England) -- History
Subject England -- Canterbury
Canterbury
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Royer-Hemet, Catherine.
LC no. 2010551475
ISBN 9781443826082
1443826081
9786613141811
661314181X