William Marshal : court, career, and chivalry in the Angevin Empire, 1147-1219

Author(s)

• Crouch, David

Bibliographic Information

William Marshal : court, career, and chivalry in the Angevin Empire, 1147-1219

David Crouch

（The medieval world / general editor, David Bates）

Longman, 1990

• pbk

Note

Bibliography: p. 209-212

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

pbk ISBN 9780582037861

Description

William Marshall rose from a minor baronial family to become one of the most powerful men in England, as Regent in the minority of Henry III. This study is more than an account of Marshall's meteoric rise to power however - for what makes him unique in medieval historiography is that he is the only man of his class for whom a contemporary biography has come down to us. David Crouch's study reveals the values, expectations andlifestyle of an aristocratic society in the middle ages.

Table of Contents

List of maps and tables. Editor's preface. Preface. Introduction. Chapter 1. Childhood and Squirehood. Chapter 2. The household knight. Chapter 3. The making of a magnate, 1186-1205. Chapter 4. The making of a regent. Chapter 5. The Marshal's men. Chapter 6. Love and lordship. Chapter 7. The chivalry of the Marshal. Chapter 8. La Bone Fin va Tout. Appendix I The knights of William Marshal. Appendix II The Marshall and the Earl Marshal. General bibliography. Maps. Genealogical tables. Index.

Volume

ISBN 9780582037878

Description

This is an examination of the career of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke and Strigul. This book looks at his life serving under four different English monarchs, begining as tutor to Prince Henry in 1170, and finishing as regent for nine-year-old Henry III in 1216. The career of William Marshal (c. 1147-1219) throws a vivid light on power and politics in the intense world of the royal court under Henry II, Richard I and John. Not taking his biography at face value, the author uncovers the ruthless opportunist, the manipulative politician and astute courtier who knew how to get to the top and stay there.

Table of Contents

• Part 1: Old work and new questions
• the problem of the sources. Part 2 Childhood and squirehood: John Marshal - father and son
• William de Tancarville - the "good master". Part 3 The household knight: the device of Tancarville
• Patrick, Earl of Salisbury
• the royal household. Part 4 The making of a magnate, 1186-1205: the household of Henry II, 1186-1205
• Lord of Striguil
• King Richard on crusade, 1190-94
• King Richard's captain and courtier, 1194-99
• losing Normandy and royal favour, 1199-1205. Part 5 The making of a regent: humiliation, 1205-1207
• the Irish problem,1207-13
• the Marshal and the baron's war
• protector of the king and the kingdom
• the Marshal's government
• resignation, death and afterwards. Part 6 The Marshal's men: the knights
• the clerks
• the hidden household. Part 7 Love and hardship: love and loyalty
• lordship and affinity
• the Marshal and money. Part 8 The chivalry of the Marshal: the tournament
• the battlefield. Part 9: La bone fine va tout. Appendices: The knights of William Marshal
• the Marshal and the Earl Marshal.

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Details

• NCID: BA12784400
• ISBN:
  • 0582037875
  • 0582037867
• LCCN: 89029171
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 233 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DA209.P4
  • DC20 : 942.03/4/092
  • DC20 : B
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Pembroke, William Marshal, Earl of, 1144?-1219
  • LCSH : Great Britain -- History -- Angevin period, 1154-1216
  • LCSH : Knights and knighthood -- Great Britain -- Biography
  • LCSH : Regents -- Great Britain -- Biography
  • LCSH : Chivalry
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA12784422