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A PAINTED TRAGEDY

THE MARTYRDOM OF THOMAS BECKET IN SANTAMARIA DE TERRASSA AND THE DIFFUSION OF ITS CULT IN THE IBER
SÁNCHEZ MÁRQUEZ, CARLES

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The murder of the Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket in 1170 at the hands of trusted men of King Henry II of England had a huge impact on twelfth-century Europe. Following the events, the figure of Becket achieved great notoriety and his cult spread everywhere, also in the Iberian Peninsula, where we find texts and works of art commemorating his martyrdom and sanctification, like the wall paintings of Santa Maria de Terrassa (c. 1180). A painted tragedy unfolds the dissemination of the Thomas Becket cult and illustrates the relati...[Read more]

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DetailsANEM EDITORS
2021
192 Pages
Format: Rústica
ISBN: 9788412238570
Language: INGLÉS
Translator: SCHMITT SOLÀ, BÀRBARA
Category: Medieval and Renaissance Art

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