Note 54 — Simon of Montfort and the English Parliament 1258–1265

“The triumph over Earl Simon had been a triumph over the religious sentiment of the time, and religion avenged itself in its own way. Everywhere the earl’s death was viewed as a martyrdom, and monk and friar, however they might quarrel on other points, united in praying for the souls of the dead as for ‘soldiers of Christ.’”—J. R. Green, “The Ban of Kenilworth,” Historical Studies.