William Marshal

David Crouch is Professor Medieval History at the University of Hull and author of several books including The Reign of King Stephen 1135-54 (2000) and The Normans: The Story of a Dynasty (2002).

List of Maps and Tables
Editor’s Preface
Preface
Introduction
Old Work and New Questions
The Problems of the Sources
1. Childhood and Squirehood
John Marshal: Father and Son
William de Tancarville: the `Good Master’
2. The Household Knight
The Device of Tancarville
Patrick, Earl of Salisbury
The Royal Household
3. The Making of a Magnate, 1186–1205
The Household of Henry ii, 1186–89
Lord of Striguil
King Richard on Crusade, 1190–94
King Richard’s Captain and Courtier, 1194–99
Losing Normandy and Royal Favour, 1199–1205
4. The Making of a Regent
Humiliation, 1205–1207
The Irish Problem, 1207–13
The Marshal and the Barons’ War
Protector of the King and the Kingdom
The Battle of Lincoln (1217) and its aftermath
The Marshal’s Government
Resignation, Death and Afterwards
5. The Marshal’s Men
The Knights
The Clerks
The Hidden Household
6. Love and Lordship
Love and Loyalty
Lordship and Affinity
The Marshal and Money
7. The Chivalry of the Marshal
The Tournament
The Battlefield
8. La Bone Fin va out
appendix i The Knights of William Marshal
appendix ii The Marshal and the Earl Marshal
General Bibliography
Maps
Genealogical Tables
Index