The greatest knight : the remarkable life of William Marshal, the power behind five English thrones
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062262059
- ISBN: 006226205X
- ISBN: 9780062262066 (pbk.)
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Physical Description:
xx, 444 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2014]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-423) and index. |
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Subject: | Regents Great Britain Biography Knights and knighthood Great Britain Biography Great Britain History Angevin period, 1154-1216 Pembroke, William Marshal Earl of 1144?-1219 |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kenton County.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Erlanger Branch | B P396a 2014 (Text) | 33126020592253 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
The story of the largely forgotten William Marshal Pembroke of the English medieval period, who, "as a five-year-old boy ... was sentenced to execution and led to the gallows, yet this landless younger son survived his brush with death, and went on to train as a medieval knight. Against all odds, [he] rose through the ranks--serving at the right hand of five English monarchs--to become a celebrated tournament champion, a baron and politician and, ultimately, regent of the realm"--Amazon.com. - Baker & Taylor
A renowned scholar brings to life medieval England's most celebrated knight, William Marshalâwho served under such rulers as Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, Richard the Lionheart and his infamous brother, Johnâproviding an unprecedented and intimate view of this age and the legendary warrior class that shaped it. 35,000 first printing. By the author of The Crusades. Illustrations. - Baker & Taylor
As a five-year-old boy, William was sentenced to execution and led to the gallows, yet against all odds rose through the ranks-- serving at the right hand of five English monarchs-- to become a celebrated tournament champion, a baron and politician and, ultimately, regent of the realm. Marshal befriended the great figures of his day, from Richard the Lionheart and Eleanor of Aquitaine to the infamous King John, and helped to negotiate the terms of Magna Carta. By the age of seventy he was the most powerful man in England, yet he was forced to fight in the frontline of one final battle, striving to save the kingdom from French invasion in 1217. - Baker & Taylor
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. - HARPERCOLL
A renowned scholar 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 knights. Thomas Asbridge&;s rousing narrative chronicles William&;s rise, using his life as a prism to view the origins, experiences, and influence of the knight in British history.
In William&;s day, the brutish realities of war and politics collided with romanticized myths about an Arthurian &;golden age,&; giving rise to a new chivalric ideal. Asbridge details the training rituals, weaponry, and battle tactics of knighthood, and explores the codes of chivalry and courtliness that shaped their daily lives. These skills were essential to survive one of the most turbulent periods in English history&;an era of striking transformation, as the West emerged from the Dark Ages.
A leading retainer of five English kings, Marshal served the great figures of this age, from Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine to Richard the Lionheart and his infamous brother John, and was involved in some of the most critical phases of medieval history, from the Magna Carta to the survival of the Angevin/Plantagenet dynasty. Asbridge introduces this storied knight to modern readers and places him firmly in the context of the majesty, passion, and bloody intrigue of the Middle Ages.
The Greatest Knight features 16 pages of black-and-white and color illustrations.