Respected medievalist Asbridge (The Crusades ... thought by many to have been the model for the perfect chivalrous knight. Most of William’s life comes from a highly colored biography ...

The swashbuckling story of this medieval parvenu is the subject of a riveting new biography by Thomas Asbridge: The Greatest Knight: The Remarkable Life of William Marshal, the Power Behind Five ...

The Greatest Knight chronicles the life of William ... century biography of Marshal – to present a compelling account of the Knight’s life and times. According to Dr Asbridge, Marshal was “an ...

The second party was there to relieve the siege. It was led by an energetic 70-year-old: William Marshal, earl of Pembroke, the most famous knight of his time and one of the most storied men in ...

The fascinating story of knighthood told through the extraordinary life and times of William Marshal whom many consider the worlds greatest ... Jerusalem presenter Thomas Asbridge explores ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Chosen for the history category were The Greatest Knight (link is external), by Dr Tom Asbridge, and Ten Cities That Made an Empire (link is external) by Dr Tristram Hunt. The Greatest Knight ...

whom many consider the world's greatest knight. From Europe's medieval castles to the holy city of Jerusalem, presenter Thomas Asbridge explores William's incredible life, revealing a rip-roaring ...