The Life of Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester: With Special Reference to the Parliamentary History of His Time

The man who finally gave to English freedom its second and more lasting shape, the hero and martyr of England in the greatest of her constitutional struggles, was SIMON of MONTFORT, Earl of Leicester. “Simon V de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (1208 – August 4, 1265) was the principal leader of the baronial opposition to King Henry III of England, his brother-in-law...In 1240, he left for Jerusalem to take part in the Crusades. He then joined Henry in France where he was campaigning to secure h