Simon V of Montfort and Baronial Government, 1195-1218 - G. E. M. (Leverhulme Early Career Fellow Lippiatt - Bog

The first biographical study in English of an important French baron and crusader, Simon of Montfort, who began his career as a mid-level baron in northern France, but cultivated independent political power and achieved the position of count of Toulouse following his conquests as leader of the Albigensian Crusade.