Thómas saga Erkibyskups explained

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]

References

• Encyclopedia: Staunton, Michael . Introduction . The Lives of Thomas Becket: Selected Sources Translated and annotated by Michael Staunton . Manchester University Press . Manchester, UK . 2001 . 1–39 . 0-7190-5455-9 .

Further reading

• 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

Notes and References

1. Staunton Lives of Thomas Becket p. 11