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William Marshal was a powerful, respected, wise and loyal knight and baron who had already served two Angevin kings. King John, however, accused Marshal of being a traitor, took all of Marshal's English and Welsh castles, took Marshal's two older sons as hostages, tried to take Marshal's lands in Leinster, and even tried to get his own household knights to challenge Marshal to trial by combat.
17 de jun. de 2021 · Going beyond the Crusades. 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.
William Marshal spelar huvudrollen i romanen A Pride of Kings av Juliet Dymoke, New English Library, 1978. William Marshal är en viktig gestalt i romanen The Witch Hunter av Bernard Knight, 2004. En roman om William Marshal, The Greatest Knight av Elizabeth Chadwick, som kom ut 2005, är baserad på förstahandskällor, samt den biografi över ...
13 de abr. de 2022 · For the first forty years of his life, Marshal was a landless knight, but by his marriage to the daughter of Earl Richard of Pembroke in 1189, he became a great feudal lord. His biography depicts the two extremes of feudal society Includes bibliographical references and index
The illustrious knight William Marshal was a good example of the problems involved in this period. He was a long-standing Templar supporter and patron who had given the order lands in Herefordshire. William had been at the deathbed of Henry the Young King (Henry II’s eldest son) in the summer of 1183.
WILLIAM MARSHAL (II) (died 1231) The first of the five sons of William Marshal (I) who in turn became earls of Pembroke. In 1220 his domain in Dyfed was attacked by Llywelyn ap Iorwerth who had complained of the inroads made by the earl's tenants on the Welsh in spite of the truce. On appeal to the king a settlement was concluded.
18 de abr. de 2022 · Brings to life medieval England's most celebrated knight, William Marshal--who served under Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, Richard the Lionheart, and his infamous brother, John--providing an unprecedented view of this age and the legendary warrior class that shaped it Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-423) and index
