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Battle 1264 caused by the baronial opposition
to England's Henry III, led by Simon de
Montfort, earl of Leicester (1208-65). The
king was defeated and captured at the battle.
The barons objected to Henry's patronage of
French nobles in the English court, his weak
foreign policy, and his support for the
papacy against the Holy Roman Empire. In
1258, they forced him to issue the Provisions
of Oxford, and when he later refused to
implement them, they revolted. They defeated
and captured the king at Lewes in Sussex.
Their revolt was broken by de Montfort's
death and defeat at Evesham 1265.