Published in two volumes between 1875 and 1883 by the Icelandic scholar Eirikr Magnusson (1833-1913), this Old Norse text with English translation remains the standard edition of the saga of Thomas Becket, composed in Iceland in the early fourteenth century and based on earlier Latin and Old French traditions.

Prologue; 1. Here beginneth the story of archbishop Thomas; 2. How Anselm became archbishop of Canterbury; 3. The birth of Thomas; 4. Of Thomas; 5. St Thomas goeth to school; 6. How Stephen became king of England, and of the tale of the popes; 7. How God's man, Thomas, cometh home from school; 8. How Thomas fell into the river; 9. How Thomas was made archdeacon; 10. How St Gregory first set up Christian law in England; 11. How Henry became king of England; 12. How Thomas became chancellor; 13. Concerning the habits of St Thomas; 14. How king Henry elected Thomas; 15. How Thomas was elected archbishop of Canterbury; 16. How Thomas was absolved by the crown; 17. Thomas ordained monk; 18. How Thomas was consecrated bishop; 19. How archbishop Thomas fareth in his daily manner of life; 20. The habits of Thomas; 21. Concerning the household rules of Thomas; 22. Of the zeal of archbishop Thomas; 23. Of the reproofs of the holy lord Thomas archbishop; 24. Of archbishop Thomas; 25. How Thomas consecrated bishops and translated the body of Edward; 26. Here ariseth dissension between the bishop and the king; 27. Quarrel between the king and the bishop; 28. Of Thomas and the bishops; 29. How Thomas consenteth to the king's customs; 30. How a clerk chid Thomas; 31. The masterful ways of Henry; 32. The meeting of Northampton; 33. How Thomas falleth ill; 34. Here the bishops turn against St Thomas; 35. God's man Thomas rideth away from the meeting; 36. How Thomas fareth away; 37. The dream areded; 38. Here beginneth the flight of archbishop Thomas; 39. Of the travelling of Thomas; 40. How the king sent to Rome; 41. Of the messengers of Thomas; 42. How Thomas cometh to the pope's court; 43. How Thomas readeth out the charges; 44. How Thomas overcame the cardinals; 45. The customs of king Henry condemned; 46. How Thomas resigned; 47. How our Lord revealed Himself in a vision to the holy Thomas; 48. Of the hardness of king Henry; 49. How archbishop Thomas and king Henry send to the pope; 50. How king Henry turneth against the pope; 51. The pope's letter to king Henry; 52. The king softeneth not; 53. Thomas writeth a letter to king Henry; 54. The kin of Thomas are banished; 55. The pope goeth to Rome, but Thomas abideth behind; 56. How the holy Thomas went away from Pontigny; 57. How the pope writeth to England; 58. How the bishop of London writeth; 59. Concerning a vision; 60. Letter from the bishops to Thomas; 61. The letter of archbishop Thomas to the bishops; 62. Concerning the messengers of the pope; 63. Here the king forbiddeth to pray for Thomas; 64. Concerning archbishop Thomas and king Henry; 65. Of the parting of the kings; 66. Of the meeting of archbishop Thomas and the kings; 67. Concerning the coronation of the young Henry; 68. Of the pope's message and interdict; 69. Concerning the peace between the archbishop and the king; 70. Of the archbishop and the king; 71. How Saint Thomas asked the king of the French for a stone; 72. How they commence strife against Saint Thomas; 73. How Saint Thomas returneth to England and home to Canterbury; 74. How the bishops went to meet king Henry with slanderous reports; 75. How archbishop Thomas was minded to go to the young king; 76. Concerning four knights, the enemies of God; 77. Concerning the holy Thomas, how he prophesied about his martyrdom; 78. How the enemies of God spoke evil against the holy archbishop Thomas; 79. How the knights came back to their followers; 80. The death of archbishop Thomas; 81. How good men grieved after the death of the holy archbishop Thomas.