Bryant, Nigel

The History of William Marshal

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ISBN 13:
9781783273034
author:
Bryant, Nigel
format:
Paperback
publisher:
The Boydell Press
language:
English
Publication Year:
2018
Pages:
259
Dimensions:
23.39 x 15.6 x 1.4 centimetres (
Genre:
History, Medieval, ,
Condition:
New
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£26.13

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The History of William Marshal is one of the most extraordinary stories of the Middle Ages. Completed by a household minstrel shortly after his death, this biography gives a unique portrait of a twelfth-century knight's life in the early days of tournaments and chivalry. Composed in verse just a few years after William Marshal's death, it is a major primary source for understanding the exceptionally stormy period he navigated. As the greatest knight who ever lived, Marshal rose to be a central figure in the reigns of four kings: Henry II, Richard Lionheart, John and Henry III. This remarkable biography was brought to light in the late nineteenth century thanks to a determined hunt for the manuscript by its first editor, Paul Meyer. It provides a vigorous account of events, full of vivid detail and passionate comment, offering revelatory insights into the attitudes and perceptions of the time, especially into the experience and nature of warfare in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries.

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