Book Launch: The Song of Simon de Montfort with author Sophie Thérèse Ambler & Nicholas Vincent
Thursday 31 October 2019, 5:30pm to 7:30pm
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Please email Harriet Hill-Payne (h.hill-payne@lancaster.ac.uk) to confirm your attendance.
Event Details
Join us to celebrate the launch of 'The Song of Simon de Montfort: England's First Revolutionary and the Death of Chivalry' by Sophie Thérèse Ambler, Lecturer in Later Medieval History at Lancaster, with Nicholas Vincent, Professor of Medieval History at the University of East Anglia.
Hosted by Lancaster's Centre for War and Diplomacy (CWD) in partnership with The Ruskin, this event celebrates the launch of The Song of Simon de Montfort: England's First Revolutionary and the Death of Chivalry by Sophie Thérèse Ambler, Lecturer in Later Medieval History at Lancaster and Deputy Director of the CWD.
The Song charts the career of the nobleman who, between 1258 and 1265, overthrew King Henry III of England and built a new political order, establishing the fundamental role of parliament before he was cut down in battle at Evesham. Based on extensive new research, it places Montfort's career in the wider military and religious context of the time, showing how the Montfort family's dedication to crusading across Europe and the Holy Land shaped England's first revolution.
The book will be introduced by Nicholas Vincent, Professor of Medieval History at the University of East Anglia and a Fellow of the British Academy. Professor Vincent is a leading authority on English and European History in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, having published a dozen books and some hundred academic articles and led the pathfinding Magna Carta Project.
The Song of Simon de Montfort is published by Picador in the UK and Oxford University Press in the USA.
Speakers
Dr Sophie Therese Ambler
History, Lancaster University
Sophie Therese Ambler is Deputy Director of the Centre for War and Diplomacy and Lecturer in Later Medieval British and European History. Ambler's research explores political ethics and war in the central and later Middle Ages. She is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and secretary of the Pipe Roll Society, and enjoy writing for and speaking to a broader public audience, whether through talks or TV, radio and print.
Nicholas Vincent
University of East Anglia
Nicholas Vincent has published a dozen books and some hundred academic articles on various aspects of English and European history in the 12th and 13th centuries, having arrived at Norwich via Oxford, Cambridge, Paris and Canterbury. He is currently finishing an edition of the charters of the Plantagenet kings and queens from Henry II to King John, and leads a major project researching the background to Magna Carta. He is a Fellow of the British Academy.
Contact Details
| Name | Harriet Hill-Payne |
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01524 593587 |