
Henry III vs. Simon de Montfort
Dan Snow's History Hit
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Montfort's Propaganda Creates the Agenda
Montfort made it look like he was in an armoured carriage at the side of his army when actually he's not there. This is a good example of Montfort's propaganda creating the agenda. I would have been happily marched into the King's Hall with the Barons in 1258 to start off the revolution. But between 1263 and 1267, we have a period of destruction, civil war, chaos. And I don't think it was in any way justified. If Henry had been allowed to continue in peace after his recovery of power in 1261, I think his room might have been wayward but it wouldn't be nearly as bad.
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