The household knights of King John /
This is the first full-length study of the elite group which surrounded King John, the household knights. As well as fighting for the king, they organised his armies, were involved in government, undertook diplomatic missions, controlled important castles, and proved themselves generally indispensab...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1999.
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ;
4th ser., 44. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Recruitment into the royal military household; 3 Monarchy in action: the functions of the king's household knights; 4 The rewards of royal service; 5 Loyalty, civil war, and the household knights; 6 John's household knights during the minority of Henry III; 7 Some case histories; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought, Fourth series.
