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  • Beispielbild für William Marshal: The Greatest Knight That Ever Lived zum Verkauf von WorldofBooks

    Robin Griffith-Jones

    Verlag: Batsford Ltd, United Kingdom, 2019

    ISBN 10: 1841658677ISBN 13: 9781841658674

    Anbieter: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Vereinigtes Königreich

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    Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. William Marshal, born about 1147, was the son of a minor lord who held the hereditary title of Marshal, or head of the kings security. He became a knight loyal to five kings, the most powerful man in the kingdom, the hero of Magna Carta and a saviour of England. At his funeral in the Temple Church, London, on 20 May 1219, he was described by the Archbishop of Canterbury as the greatest knight in the world. Williams son commissioned a biography of his father,The History of William Marshal,which brings William vividly to life and is the fullest and most dramatic such biography to reach us from the Middle Ages. The Rotunda of the Temple Church still contains eight 13th-century effigies of knights in armour. Three of the Marshals William and two of his sons are known to have been buried in the Church. By the late 16th century, antiquarians were trying to identify Williams effigy among them; and since 1843 one effigy in particular has been universally accepted to be Williams. This has recently been disputed by a set of drawings, dating to c. 1610, discovered in Washington, DC. These drawings show all the medieval effigies in the Temple Church and a further, long-lost gravestone which matches the earliest descriptions of Williams tomb. This raises a fascinating question: has the real monument to William been lost? This book will uncover the details of this latest discovery and commemorate the greatest knight that ever lived. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.