Life of Simon de Montfort, Earl of LeicesterRivingtons, 1876 - Broj stranica: 226 |
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Amaury amongst appointed army Assistant-Master barons battle of Lewes Bishop brother carried castle Charles of Anjou Church Cinque Ports clergy College council Countess Eleanor counties Crown Crusades death discontented Earl of Gloucester Earl of Leicester Earl Richard Earl Simon Edmund Rich Emperor enemies English nobles entirely Europe Evesham excommunicated favour felt foreign favourites Franciscan Frederic French King Gascony Grosseteste Guy de Montfort hands Henry III Henry III.'s Henry of Almain Henry's Hereford Holy honour hoped Kenilworth King Lewis King of France King's kingdom knights land Llewellyn London lord March marriage oath offered once oppression Papacy Papal legate Parliament party peace Pope Pope's position Prince Edward prisoners Provisions of Oxford quarrel realm rebels reform refused returned to England revenge Romans Rome royal royalists secure sent Sicily side Simon de Montfort soon submission summoned taken tion took towns Wales Welsh wife Winchester wished zeal
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