Simon V of Montfort and Baronial Government, 1195-1218

The first biographical study in English of an important French baron and crusader, Simon of Montfort, who began his career as a mid-level baron in northern France, but cultivated independent political power and achieved the position of count of Toulouse following his conquests as leader of the Albigensian Crusade.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: Subject and Vassal


• 2: Crusaders


• 3: Masters and Monks


• 4: Lord of Montfort and Earl of Leicester


• 5: Viscount of Béziers and Carcassonne


• 6: Duke of Narbonne and Count of Toulouse


• Conclusion

About the author

A native of Pennsylvania, G.E.M. Lippiatt graduated from the Virginia Military Institute with a BA in History and English before attending Hertford College, Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship. There he read for a MSt in Medieval History and a DPhil in History. He is a lecturer in medieval history at the University of Exeter and lives in Devon with his wife and daughters.

Summary

The first biographical study in English of an important French baron and crusader, Simon of Montfort, who began his career as a mid-level baron in northern France, but cultivated independent political power and achieved the position of count of Toulouse following his conquests as leader of the Albigensian Crusade.

Additional text

Lippiatt ... treats Simon of Montfort analytically, focusing on this magnate and crusader's construction and maintenance of baronial governance and administration in his hereditary lands, and his attempts to carve out a territory in Languedoc during the Albigensian Crusade. The author thoroughly goes through the various territories Simon of Montfort inherited, claimed, or acquired, and how the French baron attempted to govern them. Lippiatt has incorporated good archival work and imagination to argue that Simon's regime in southern France was neither haphazard nor completely ad hoc ... Highly recommended.

Product details

• Authors: G. E. M. Lippiatt, G. E. M. (Leverhulme Early Career Fellow Lippiatt, G.E.M. Lippiatt
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2017
• EAN: 9780198805137
• ISBN: 978-0-19-880513-7
• No. of pages: 258
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 230 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Oxford Historical Monographs; Print on Demand
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book; France, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / Europe / General, Middle East, Medieval History, c 1000 CE to c 1500, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Biography: historical, political and military, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Specific wars and campaigns, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Crusades