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Henry III vs. Simon de Montfort

Dan Snow's History Hit

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Montfort's Career in the 40s and 50s

Simon DeBomft was the son of a French nobleman and married to his sister. He also felt badly let down, I think wrongly, by Henry sacking him as his lieutenant in Gascony. But it's not just material grievances driving Montfort forward: religiosity is too. The parallels with Cromwell are very fair - these are both men driven by a sense of religious purpose.

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