William Marshal , The Greatest Knight

The warrior and tutor-in-arms to the son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine promised his dying charge that he would complete the sacred task of crusading to the Levant. Did he succeed in his mission and fight the forces of Saladin?

A joust between a crusader (left) and a Muslim, from the Luttrell Psalter, c.1340. Corpus Christ College.

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