Thómas saga Erkibyskups (English: Saga of Archbishop Thomas) is an Icelandic saga on Saint Thomas Becket written in the 14th century and based on earlier sources: a now lost "Life" by Robert of Cricklade which was written soon after Becket's murder, a "Life" by Benet of St Albans, and an Icelandic translation of the "Quadrilogus" (a composite life based on 12th-century biographers). It provides some unique details, like Thomas speaking with a stammer; these details mostly come from Robert's "Life", which also was a source for Benet's.[1]
Citations
edit- ^ Staunton Lives of Thomas Becket p. 11
References
edit- Staunton, Michael (2001). "Introduction". The Lives of Thomas Becket: Selected Sources Translated and annotated by Michael Staunton. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press. pp. 1–39. ISBN 0-7190-5455-9.
Further reading
edit- Thomasskinna: Gl. kgl. saml. 1008 fol. in the Royal Library, Copenhagen ; edited by Agnete Loth. (Early Icelandic Manuscripts in Facsimile; vol. 6.) Copenhagen: Rosenkilde and Bagger, 1964
- Thómas saga erkibyskups: A life of Archbishop Thomas Becket, in Icelandic; with English translation, notes and glossary; edited by Eiríkr Magnusson. 2 vols. London: Longmans, 1875-83
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