The Greatest Knight: William Marshal, Part I

Apple  | Audible |  Spotify  |  RSS  |  YouTube (captioned)
​

​What did a man have to do in the Middle Ages to have many call him 'the greatest knight'? Join Christine and Kristin for their dive into the life of William Marshal, from his beginning as a younger son with few prospects to his place in a royal household.

Hosts: Christine and Kristin

Help keep Footnoting History going, click here to find out how!

Further Reading

Thomas Asbridge, The Greatest Knight: The Remarkable Life of William Marshal, The Power Behind Five English Thrones, Ecco, (2014).

The History of William Marshal: The True Story of England’s Greatest Knight, trans. Nigel Bryant, Boydell Press (2018).
 
David Crouch, William Marshal: Knighthood, War and Chivalry, 1147-1219, 2nd Ed., Longman, (2002).

Georges Duby, William Marshal: The Flower of Chivalry, trans. Richard Howard, Pantheon (1985).

Nicholas L. Paul. “In Search of the Marshal’s Lost Crusade: The Persistence of Memory, the Problems of History and the Painful Birth of Crusading Romance.” Journal of Medieval History (40:3), 2014, pp 292-310.

Matthew Strickland, Henry the Young King, 1155-1183, Yale University Press, (2016).

Nicholas Vincent, “William Marshal, King Henry II and the Honor of Châteauroux.” Archives: The Journal of the British Record Association, 25:102, (2000) via De Re Militari: The Society for Medieval Military History

W.L. Warren, Henry II, University of California Press, (1973).

--, King John, University of California Press, (1978).
​
Image

Inverted Arms of William Marshal to symbolize his death, via British Library.

Related Content

A Royal Son: Henry the Young King

King Henry I of England and the White Ship

Music: "Evening Melodrama" by Kevin Macleod (www.incompetech.com)