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Simon I of Montfort or Simon de Montfort ( c. 1025 – 25 September 1087) was a French nobleman. He was born in Montfort l'Amaury, near Paris, and became its lord.
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Apr 2, 2021 · It is twenty-five years since the last biography of Simon de Montfort (written by John Maddicott) appeared in 1994 and Montfort is a significant and controversial enough figure for each generation to want its own assessment of his life and times. The title of Sophie Ambler’s cross-over biography, The Song of Simon de Montfort, is a double allusion that is well chosen. First, it refers to the ...
- Andrew M Spencer
- 2021
Dec 6, 2023 · “Our English Catiline,” Sir Edward Coke called Simon de Montfort: meaning a man of patrician lineage, serious intellect, and military distinction—and at the same time ambitious, arrogant, and violent. In all its contradictions and fascinations, that singular personality stands out in The Song of Simon de Montfort .
The Song of Simon de Montfort is the story of this extraordinary heir to a great warrior, devoted husband and father, fearless crusader knight and charismatic leader. It is the story of a man whose passion for good governance was so fierce that, in 1258, frustrated by the King’s refusal to take the advice of his nobles and the increasing ...
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- Sophie Ambler
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.
Jun 2, 2020 · The Song of Simon de Montfort: England's First Revolutionary and the Death of Chivalry. By Sophie Thérèse Ambler. London: Picador. 2019. 368 pp. £20.00. ISBN 9781509837571. - Jobson - 2020 - Parliamentary History - Wiley Online Library. Parliamentary History. Review.
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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.
