The Song of Simon de Montfort: The Life and Death of a Medieval Revolutionary

by Sophie Ambler

Book Overview

A biography of one of the Middle Ages' most controversial, reckless, and heroic figures

Born in France in the early thirteenth century to a crusading father of the same name, Simon de Montfort traveled to England in his adulthood, where he claimed the earldom of Leicester and ingratiated himself into King Henry III's inner circles. Initially a trusted advisor, Simon's good relationship with the king did not last. Frustrated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190946237
• ISBN13: 9780190946234
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.4" x 9.3"