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26 de mar. de 2014 · The Greatest Knight: William Marshal: Directed by Jack Macinnes. With Tom Asbridge. England greatest knight who served under 5 kings and story is told in an ancient manuscript of French verse.
1 de mar. de 2023 · March 1, 2023. When William Marshal died in 1219, he was the Earl of Pembroke, and the regent for the young Henry III, after defeated a great rebellion of English lords and thrown back a devastating invasion by the French. Archbishop Stephen Langton called him “the greatest knight in the world.”. His talent as a knight, on the battlefield ...
17 de jun. de 2021 · The Greatest Knight: The Remarkable Life of William Marshal, the Power Behind Five English Thrones (London: Simon & Schuster, 2015), is a fresh account of the life of William Marshal, perhaps the most significant English medieval knight. In The Greatest Knight, Asbridge developed his scholarship, drawing on his specialist historical and ...
He commissioned the first biography of a medieval knight to be written, called L'Histoire de Guillaume le Mareschal, in honour of his father. Early life [ edit ] William was born in Normandy probably during the spring of 1190, the eldest son of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke , and his wife, Isabel de Clare , suo jure 4th Countess of Pembroke and Striguil.
Synopsis. The fascinating story of knighthood, told through the extraordinary life and times of William Marshal, whom many consider the world's greatest knight. From Europe's medieval castles to the holy city of Jerusalem, presenter Thomas Asbridge explores William's incredible life, revealing a rip-roaring adventure story in the spirit of King ...
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2 de dic. de 2014 · [The Greatest Knight] will appeal to history buffs as well as fans of fiction set in the medieval period.” (Starred Library Journal) “A valuable biography of an important figure in a distant, violent, barely comprehensible era.” (Kirkus) “This is medieval history at its very best - a compelling story told by a historian whose knowledge is both thorough and extensive, and whose ...
2 de dic. de 2014 · Renowned scholar Thomas Asbridge brings to life medieval England’s most celebrated knight, William Marshal—providing an unprecedented and intimate view of this age and the legendary warrior class that shaped it.Caught on the wrong side of an English civil war and condemned by his father to the gallows at age five, William Marshal defied all odds to become one of England’s most celebrated ...
