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Pembroke, William Marshal, Earl of, 1144?-1219.
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Knights and knighthood -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Regents -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Chivalry -- Great Britain -- History -- To 1500.
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Great Britain -- History -- Angevin period, 1154-1216.
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| Descript |
1 online resource (303 p.) |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of maps, genealogical tables and figures -- Preface to first edition -- Preface to second edition -- Preface to third edition -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- The biography and its author -- Old work and new questions -- The problems of the sources -- 1 Childhood and squirehood -- John Marshal: father and son -- William de Tancarville: the 'good master' -- The education of William Marshal -- 2 The household knight -- The device of Tancarville -- Patrick, Earl of Salisbury |
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At the court of the Young King -- Rebellion and disfavour -- On the tournament circuit -- Losengiers and lèse majesté -- 3 The making of a magnate, 1183-1190 -- Death in Limoges -- In the East -- Captain of the Guard -- The last days of Henry II -- Lord of Striguil -- 4 The rise of the Marshals -- Count John of Mortain -- England without Richard -- Richard's captain and courtier, 1194-1199 -- 5 Earl of Pembroke and Lord of Leinster -- Crossing to Ireland -- Losing Normandy -- Fall from grace -- In the cold, 1205-1207 -- King John's plan for Ireland -- The Leinster crisis, 1206-1208 |
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6 The duel with King John -- The Irish War of 1210 -- The road back to favour -- Magna Carta -- The Barons' War -- 7 The saviour of the Angevin dynasty -- The Marshal coup -- The revival of Magna Carta -- The Battle of Lincoln (1217) -- The departure of Louis of France -- Making government pay -- Resignation, death and afterwards -- 8 The Marshal and his society -- The courtly world of the Marshal -- The preudomme -- The tournament mentality -- On the circuit -- The après tournoi -- 9 The Marshal at war -- Dressing the part -- The warrior preudomme -- 10 Love and lordship -- Love and loyalty |
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Lordship and affinity -- The Marshal and money -- 11 The Marshal's men -- The knights -- The clerks -- The hidden household -- 12 La bone fin va tout -- Spirituality -- Supporting the Church -- Dying to the world -- Appendix I: The knights of William Marshal -- Appendix II: The Marshal and the Earl Marshal -- General bibliography -- Maps -- Index |
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325 annual accesses. UkHlHU |
| ISBN |
9781317283096 |
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