William Marshal: Knight & Crusader

Gone Medieval

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4.6 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

William Marshal was one of the most famous and influential figures in English medieval history, rising from a lowly start to becoming the knight at the right hand of five Kings - Henry II, his co-regent young Henry, Richard I, John and Henry III. Marshal is the subject of the only known written biography of a non-royal to survive from the Middle Ages, extolled as being "the best knight in the world."

But was he really as great as his biographers made him out to be? Matt Lewis finds out more from John Marshall, who has just finished his PhD at Trinity College, Dublin, on William Marshal.

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0:00.0	Hello I'm Matt Lewis. Welcome to Gone Medieval from History Hit, the podcast that
0:07.8	delves into the greatest millennium in human history. We've got the most
0:12.4	intriguing mysteries, the gobsmacking details and
0:16.0	latest groundbreaking research from the Vikings to the printing press, from kings to popes to the
0:21.6	Crusades.
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0:28.9	and small that tell us how we got here.
0:32.3	Find out who we really were with Gone Medieval.
0:37.0	A night trains for moments like these, but it's still terrifying.
0:48.0	He glances at the few men around him, including the Earl of Salisbury, his uncle and
0:52.4	his commander.
0:53.2	Then, without willing it, he looks over his shoulder at the retreating horses.
0:58.0	The Queen of England is amongst them and he has sworn to protect her.
1:03.0	Right now, that means holding this piece of French soil
1:07.0	long enough to allow her to escape this attack.
1:10.0	There was little time for a calculation between life and death, but it was duty that was on the
1:16.4	young man's mind as the riders closed in on him.
1:20.5	Adrenaline courses through his veins as they clash.
1:23.0	Metal rings on metal, and horses and riders strain every sinew.
1:28.0	The night catches a glimpse of the Earl falling from his horse,
1:32.0	his already lifeless body crashing to the floor in a heap of steel.
1:37.2	Finally he realizes he is the last man remaining from his small force.
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